Yam vs Plantain - What's the difference?
yam | plantain |
As nouns the difference between yam and plantain is that yam is water while plantain is a plant of the genus plantago , with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species see also psyllium or plantain can be a plant in the genus musa , the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
yam Etymology 1
From (etyl) inhame and (etyl) . The term was coined in .
Noun
( en noun)
(botany) Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated
The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
(US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas .
(Scotland) Potato.
Usage notes
Careful use distinguishes yams (genus Dioscorea'') from sweet potatoes (''Ipomoea batatas ), while casual American use conflates these.
Derived terms
* Chinese yam
* purple yam
* wild yam
* yamless
Etymology 2
Noun
( en noun)
(West Cumbria) home.
Anagrams
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plantain English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) plainteine et al., (etyl) plaintain, from (etyl) , because of the broad, flat shape of the plantain leaves.
Noun
( en noun)
A plant of the genus Plantago , with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
* 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 225:
- The roots of Plantain and Pellitory of Spain beaten to powder and put into hollow teeth, takes away the pains of them.
*2003 , (Michael Hofmann), translating Ernst Jünger, Storm of Steel , Penguin 2004, p. 41:
*:The paths too are overgrown, but easily identified by the presence on them of round-leaved plantains .
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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* water plantain
See also
* (Plantago)
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Etymology 2
From (etyl) plantano, obsolete variant of .
Noun
( en noun)
A plant in the genus Musa , the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
Related terms
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