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No. They are two different types of root vegetable. Sweet potatoes are sweeter and a darker color than yams.
Marlene Hackett
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Is a yam a tuber?
Yes, a yam is a tuber. Yams and sweet potatoes are the same thing.
Is a yams a tuber?
Yes, a yam is a tuber. Yams and sweet potatoes are the same thing.
What is another word for sweet potatoes?
Kumara, Louisiana Yam, Yellow Yam.
Another name for sweet potato?
Potatoes are also call common potatoes, Irish potatoes and spuds(slang). Yams can be called Greater Yam, Asiatic Yam, White Yam, Winged Yam, Water Yam. Nigerians call the yam adamwanga.Note: Sweet potatoes are not yams.
What kind vegetables are cassava yam sweet potatoes?
No. They are two different types of root vegetable. Sweet potatoes are sweeter and a darker color than yams.
Are white potatoes and New potatoes the same thing?
New potatoes are younger and therefore smaller, they also taste different.
Can you substitute yam for sweet potato in a recipe?
I believe the names are used interchangeably. Yes, they are the same thing. in America sweet potato is called yam. the Indian yam is not the same as sweet potato... sweet potato is long pink in colour and yam is also called the elephant yam is pretty big compared to sweet potato and round in shape.
What is the hink pink for too many sweet potatoes in a pot?
yam jam, yam cram
What plants have tubers?
Daylilies, potatoes, sweet potatoes, radishes, turnips, and carrots have tuberous roots.
What are the names of a sweet potatoes starting with the letter Y?
The word is yam. They are root vegetables.
What beginning with Y is a sweet potato commonly known as?
Definitely not, because potatoes are modified stems and sweet potaoes develop from roots. Both plants belong to differen plant familes. Potato belongs to Solanaceae and sweet potato to the family Convolvulaceae.
What grows best with potatoes?
Yam, and sweet potato are like a potato, except they are sweet. With yam being sweeter than the sweet potato, they are not the same plant despite popular belief. Also a vegetable called celery root, or celariac can apparently be made to taste like mashed potatoes. Yam and sweet potato are root tubers Celariac is a root vegetable
