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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. plant products
  3. vegetable products
  4. vegetables
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Fields of Study
  2. plant products
  3. vegetable products
  4. vegetables
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. plant products
  3. vegetable products
  4. vegetables
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Fields of Study
  2. plant products
  3. vegetable products
  4. vegetables
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. plant products
  3. vegetable products
  4. vegetables
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. plant products
  3. vegetable products
  4. vegetables
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. plant products
  3. vegetable products
  4. vegetables
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. plants (botany)
  3. crops
  4. root crops
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. plants (botany)
  3. crops
  4. root crops
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Fields of Study
  2. plants (botany)
  3. crops
  4. root crops
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Fields of Study
  2. plants (botany)
  3. crops
  4. root crops
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. plants (botany)
  3. crops
  4. root crops
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Fields of Study
  2. plants (botany)
  3. crops
  4. root crops
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. plants (botany)
  3. crops
  4. root crops
  5. root vegetables
  6. yams

Preferred term

yams

Type

  • Product

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Scope note

  • Use for the dry, starchy tubers of Dioscorea species which are not usually produced in the U.S.; For the moist, sweet orange varieties of Ipomoea batatas grown in the U.S. USE sweet potatoes.

Is product of

In other languages

  • ñames

    Spanish

  • congo amarillo
  • ñame amarillo
  • ñame blanco
  • ñame grande

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/33769

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