Difference between Yam and Cassava

What is the difference between Yam and Cassava?

Yam as a noun is any climbing vine of the genus dioscorea in the eastern and western hemispheres, usually cultivated while Cassava as a noun is manioc, the source of tapioca, manihot esculenta

Yam

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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. A sweet potato. Potato. home.

Cassava

Part of speech: noun

Definition: manioc, the source of tapioca, Manihot esculentaTapioca, a starchy pulp made with the roots of this tropical plant.

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