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yams
No, that is not correct. I have been a American all my life :) and speaking for the Seattle area we call a sweet potato a sweet potato. They are two different things and have many completely different nutritional values. Now, if you head to the south I think you will find a variety of different names for yams. Don't ask, they talk weird down there :)
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoSweet potatoes are commonly reffered to as 'sweet potatoes', some people will also call them 'filthy henries', 'butter bags', 'orange betties' and 'yams'.
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What do the Maori's call the sweet potato?
The Kumara is the Maori sweet potato.
What do you call vegetables like potato?
Maori call the potato, 'Riwai' and the sweet potato, 'Kumara'.
Who made the sweet potato?
the native americans:)
What is sweet potato copra?
something inside a potato they call badbrah
What is the opposite of a sour potato?
A sweet potato
What meat did the native Americans bring to the first thanksgiving?
Sweet Potato Pie
Is sweet potato a provision?
We have potatoes here, that we call provisions. So yes.
What country do sweet potato originate?
There is no specific country where the sweet potato originated. It was native throughout tropical South America for countless years. It was domesticated by Native Americans approximately 5,000 years ago.
Is sweet potato rhizomes?
no a sweet potato is a tubers
Is sweet potato a tuber or a root?
Sweet potato is a fibrous root because the potato itself is the root.
Who is the odd man out among these ginger potato sweet potato onion?
sweet potato
Is sweet potato a root or stem?
root
