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Yams

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006886

Yams in the U.S. are actually sweet potatoes. USDA requires that the label "yam" always be accompanied by "sweetpotato" for this reason. True yams are Dioscorea species.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006886
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoRoot vegetables; Dioscorea; Sweet potatoes
TranslationsSpanish: ñames
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006886",
  "term": "Yams",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Yams in the U.S. are actually sweet potatoes. USDA requires that the label \"yam\" always be accompanied by \"sweetpotato\" for this reason. True yams are Dioscorea species.",
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "root vegetables",
    "Dioscorea",
    "sweet potatoes"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "ñames"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/yams/"
}

Record 6,777 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.