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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negro yam

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables
ne-gro yam
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of white-fleshed yam from Jamaica.

Inflected Forms

negro yams (plural)

Questions

What does negro yam mean?
A kind of white-fleshed yam from Jamaica.

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