wild yam

noun

any of several uncultivated yams, especially Dioscorea villosa, of the U.S., having a woody, tuberous root.

Origin of wild yam

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby wild yam

wild vanilla, wild water, wild weasel, wild west, wild west show, wild yam, wild-and-woolly, wild-card, wild-eyed, wild-goose chase, wild-headed