Difference between Taro and Yam

What is the difference between Taro and Yam?

Taro as a noun is a tropical plant raised as a food primarily for its corm that distantly resembles potato. while Yam as a noun is any climbing vine of the genus dioscorea in the eastern and western hemispheres, usually cultivated

Taro

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A tropical plant raised as a food primarily for its corm that distantly resembles potato. The edible portion of the taro plant.

Yam

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivatedThe edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.A sweet potato.Potato.home.

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