yam family yam bean • yam potato · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · yam family · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 10 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) yams. Synonyms: Dioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · yam · · Synonym 1 yam plant · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 f latin small letter f U+0066 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D y latin small letter y U+0079