Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yamaimo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ya-maimo
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dioscorea japonica, an edible Japanese yam.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 山芋.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 山芋

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

Japanese mountain yam

Questions

What does yamaimo mean?: Dioscorea japonica, an edible Japanese yam.
Where does yamaimo come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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