yam in the PONS Dictionary

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The main foodstuffs are mandioc, corn, sweet potato and yam.
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They named the clans and all the animals, and made sacred wells from yam sticks.
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Taros and yams were important in their diets.
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Tapioca or cassava, yams and kumaras also grow very well, as do different varieties of bananas.
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Most of the river's basin is cultivated for maize, yams, and cassava.
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A yam festival is held every year to mark the harvesting of this crop.
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Cassava is grown throughout the year, making it preferable to the seasonal crops of yam, beans or peas.
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In agriculture, livestock farming is compared with only a secondary economic power, highlighted the production of maize, cassava, yams and bananas.
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She described her paintings as having meaning based on all the aspects of the community's life, including the yam plants.
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The seed yams are perishable and bulky to transport.
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