Yam
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a twining shrub of the East and West Indies . There are several species. The yam is allied to smilax and the lily family. The large, fleshy, tuberous roots are full of starch and are much used for food. The original of the cultivated species is supposed to be the winged yam of the South Sea Islands, whose roots reach a length of thirty inches and a weight of twenty-five or even one hundred pounds. The "yam" of the Southern States is a kind of sweet potato . A genuine wild yam is found in the eastern part of North America . The twining stems of the yam climb over thickets and hang out panicles and racemes of pale, greenish-yellow flowers. The leaves are heart-shaped. See Sweet Potato
Collier's New Encyclopedia: the name given to the fleshy tubers of several species of Dioscorea extensively used for food in many tropical and subtropical countries, where they are also largely cultivated.
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Yonge
Collier's New Encyclopedia: CHARLOTTE MARY, an English novelist; born in Otterbourne, Hampshire, England, Aug. 11, 1823. She published more than 30 novels, usually "High Church" tendencies, the Mary popular of which are: "The Heir of Redclyffe" (1853); and "Daisy Chain; or, Aspirations" (1856). The profits of the former were largely given by her to fitting out the missionary schooner "Southern Cross" for Bishop Selwyn, of New Zealand; those of the latter ($10,000) to the erection of a missionary college at Auckland, New Zealand. Among her his torical and biographical works are: "The Kings of England" (1848); "Landmarks of History, Ancient, Middle Age, and Modern" (1852-1857); "The Victorian Half Century" (1887); etc. She died in Winchester, March 24, 1901.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: yung, Charlotte M. (1823-1901), an English writer. She was a native of Hampshire. In 1853 she won reputation as an author by the publication of a novel, The Heir of Redclyffe. Other works followed in rapid succession. The more noted are perhaps The Prince and the Page, and The Dove in the Eagle's Nest. She wrote also a number of manuals of history, including A History of Germany, A History of France, etc. She was a firm upholder of the Church of England.
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