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2. A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted- veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated.
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- At last, when their backs were turned toward him, Wurrunnah crept out and stuck the lost yam- sticks near together in the ground; then he slipped back to his hiding- place. - "Primitive Love and Love-Stories", Henry Theophilus Finck.
- You Denza there, with your stored- up money made from my starvation- yam! - "The Front Yard", Constance Fenimore Woolson.
- We put on shore, and examined the places which had been dug, and found the wild yam in considerable quantities, but in general very small, not larger than a walnut; they appear to be in the greatest plenty on the banks of the river; a little way back they are scarce. - "An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island", John Hunter.