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What is the difference between a yam and a sweet potato?

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What is the difference between a sweet potato, a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae and a sweet potato, a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae?
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A sweet potato is an enlarged root, and a yam is grown in the tropics. Would you like some recipes?  see the full page
A sweet potato is an enlarged root, and a yam is grown in the tropics. Would you like some recipes? Text kgb_ any time!  see the full page
None. The sweet potato is very distinct from the other plant known as a yam from Dioscoreaceae family.  see the full page
Yams generally are sweeter than the sweet potato, this tuber can grow over 7 feet in length. Ask more!  see the full page
Yams generally are sweeter than the sweet potato, this tuber can grow over 7 feet in length. In the US, we call yams sweet potatoes!  see the full page
Yams generally are sweeter than sweet potatoes! The words are interchangeable in most of the US though.  see the full page
Yams generally are sweeter than the sweet potato, this tuber can grow over 7 feet in length. In the US we call yams sweet potatoes. They are both angiosperms.  see the full page
Yams and sweet potatoes are biologically unrelated plants. In the U.S. the names are used interchangeably. The majority are different varieties of sweet potato. The main distinguishing factor is that a sweet potato tends to...  see the full page
Sweet potatoes are shorter and fatter than yams and are sweet and moist, while yams are starchier and drier. Sweet potatoes also have a smoother skin, where yams are kinda scaly, and have lots of beta-carotene, while yams have...  see the full page
Sweet potatoes are shorter and fatter than yams and are sweet and moist, while yams are starchier and drier. Sweet potatoes also have a smoother skin, where yams are kinda scaly, and have lots of beta-carotene, while yams have...  see the full page
Although yams and sweet potatoes are both angiosperms (flowering plants), they are not related botanically. Yams are a monocot (a plant having one embryonic seed leaf) and from the Dioscoreaceae or Yam family. Sweet Potatoes,...  see the full page
Sweet potatos are yellow or orange tubers popular in the American South. They have a thin skin and a paler flesh that has a crumbly texture similar to a white baking potato. There is also a darker skinned variety that is...  see the full page

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