yams

Though commonly confused with the yam, what we know as yams are simply another variety of sweet potato.

SFGate: Top News Stories Christine Delsol 2010

Will’m and I write everything down, and they pay as they cansometimes in yams or yellow onions, a setting hen when the debt gets too high.

Excerpt: Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall 2008

Sweet potatoes are often called yams in the U.S. by the way.

Sweet Offering - Nevryo 2006

Many people confuse orange sweet potatoes with yams, but true yams are rarely found in the United States, so if that's where you're located, your so-called yams are probably sweet potatoes.

Easy South Beach Recipes Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pesto Kalyn Denny 2007

What we, in New Zealand, call yams are not what people in other countries call yams ; they are also known as Oca.

yams 2006

What we, in New Zealand, call yams are not what people in other countries call yams ; they are also known as Oca.

Archive 2006-08-01 2006

In the States, I use sweet potato instead of pumpkin because the flavor of zucca barucca most closely approximates the orange-fleshed sweet potatoes sometimes called yams, more than the pumpkin available here.

How To Cook Italian Giuliano Hazan 2005

The underground stem thickens to produce one or more tubers called yams

Chapter 5 1977

Note: The dark-red varieties of sweet potatoes commonly called yams are loaded with flavor and nutritional value, but some people avoid cooking them because they think it will take too long.

The Seattle Times 2009

+ One 2-pound 8-ounce can sweet potatoes (usually called yams) in syrup, drained

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