white yam whitey • white zinnia · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · white yam · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 9 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh. Synonyms: white yam, water yam, Dioscorea alata. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · water yam · · Synonym 1 dioscorea alata · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D t latin small letter t U+0074 w latin small letter w U+0077 y latin small letter y U+0079