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What’s the Difference Between Sweet Potatoes and Yams?: Media

What’s that you’re eating?

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Yam or sweet potato?
Yams and sweet potatoes are totally different plants and are not even closely related....
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Sweet potato and yam
A slider showing a sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) root and a yam (Dioscorea...
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