Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water yam

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter yam
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis or Aponogeton fenestralis; formerly Ouvirandra fenestralis) whose leaves have little tissue between the veins.

noun

The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.

Inflected Forms

water yams (plural) wateryam (alternative)

Synonyms

white yam dioscorea alata

Questions

What does water yam mean?: A plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis or Aponogeton fenestralis; formerly Ouvirandra fenestralis) whose leaves have little tissue between the veins.

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