Plants and Foods
- Yam (vegetable), common name for members of Dioscorea
- Sweet potato, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, often marketed as 'yams' in North America and as 'kumara' in New Zealand
- Yam, a salad in Thai cuisine
- A name for oca used in New Zealand and Polynesia
- Jícama, Mexican tuberous root also known as yam or Mexican turnip
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