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YAM [16 records]

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Record 1 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Dioscorea dumetorum
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Dioscoreaceae.

OBS

wild yam : common name also used to refer to the species Dioscorea villosa.

Key term(s)
  • threeleaved yam

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Dioscorea dumetorum
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Dioscoreaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Dioscorea villosa
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Dioscoreaceae.

OBS

wild yam : common name also used to refer to the species Dioscorea dumetorum.

Key term(s)
  • fourleaved yam

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Dioscorea villosa
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Dioscoreaceae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Dioscoreaceae.

OBS

Chinese yam : common name also used to refer to the species Dioscorea esculenta and Dioscorea polystachya.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Dioscoreaceae.

OBS

Dioscorea oppositifolia : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Dioscorea polystachya
Latin
Dioscorea batatas
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Dioscoreaceae.

OBS

Chinese yam : common name also used to refer to the species Dioscorea esculenta and Dioscorea oppositifolia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Dioscorea polystachya
Latin
Dioscorea batatas
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Dioscoreaceae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Dioscorea polystachya
Latin
Dioscorea batatas
Latin
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Record 5 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Dioscorea esculenta
Latin
Dioscorea aculeata
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Dioscoreaceae.

OBS

Chinese yam : common name also used to refer to the species Dioscorea oppositifolia and Dioscorea polystachya.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Dioscorea esculenta
Latin
Dioscorea aculeata
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Dioscoreaceae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Dioscorea esculenta
Latin
Dioscorea aculeata
Latin
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Record 6 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Food Industries
Universal entry(ies)
Pachyrhizus erosus
Latin
OBS

A mexican root vegetable, looks like a giant-size brown-skinned turnip. White flesh, crisp texture and slightly sweet flavor, it is delicious raw or cooked.

OBS

A native of Mexico and central America, but is now commonly cultivated throughout the tropics, West Indies and China.

OBS

Not to be confused with Pachyrrhizus tuberosus, another herbaceous vine also sometimes called yam bean or potato bean(cf. Hortus Third : A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada(BAIHO), 1976, p. 809).

Key term(s)
  • Pachyrhyzus erosus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Pachyrhizus erosus
Latin
DEF

Légumineuse à racines tubéreuses utilisée pour l'alimentation humaine et comme source d'amidon.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
  • Industria alimentaria
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Pachyrhizus erosus
Latin
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Record 7 2016-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
Dioscorea trifida
Latin
DEF

Dioscorea trifida, family Dioscoreaceae, an herbaceous, twining vine, cultivated for its fine flavored, edible tubers. Grown only in very warm areas. Native to South America.

OBS

"Cushcush yam" and "yampee" also designate the tuber produced by the plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Dioscorea trifida
Latin
CONT

Dioscorea trifida (cousse couche). Amérique. Tiges quadrangulaires lisses, feuilles à 3 à 5 lobes, tubercules petits et nombreux.

OBS

«Igname cousse-couche» et «igname cousse cousse» désignent à la fois la plante et le tubercule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Dioscorea trifida
Latin
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Record 8 2008-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

Fresh konjac is a type of tuber, similar to yam and taro, but oval in shape. The content of the main constituent, glucomannan, reaches its highest level after 3 years of growth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
CONT

Le konjac est une plante d'Asie dont les tubercules sont utilisées afin de recueillir une fibre végétale appelée le glucomannane.

CONT

Le konjac est en fait un tubercule, et l'on extrait de ce tubercule une substance à la propriété étonnante ; en effet le glucomanane a la capacité d'absorber pas moins de 100 fois son volume d'eau, ce qui lui confère le pouvoir de former un gel volumineux et de grande viscosité dans l'estomac. Le gel que forme le konjac dans l'estomac n'est en aucun cas assimilé par l'organisme et n'apporte donc pas de calories.

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Root and Tuber Crops
DEF

The orange-fleshed varieties of sweet-potato grown in the southern United States.

OBS

The Americans sometimes loosely refer to sweet potatoes as yams, but the true yam is quite a different vegetable...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes sarclées
DEF

ignames : Tubercules solitaires ou en faisceaux digités de couleur brune avec chair blanche, jaune ou rougeâtre.

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

A yam consisting of fully drawn continuous-filaments substantially without twist and untextured.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
DEF

Fil continu étiré, direct de filage, de faible torsion et sans texturation.

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Biochemistry
  • Medication
DEF

A polysaccharide derived from the hydrolysis of hardwoods.

CONT

Glucomannan is high in fiber, essential for cleaning the digestive system. [It] is taken from the Konnyaku root and is from the same family as the yam, which is 100 percent natural dietary fiber without calories. Since lack of fiber is a major cause for the high incidence of growing gastrointestinal disorders, it is a valuable herb. It helps reduce cholesterol, helps maintain regularity and promotes bowel health. It helps to normalize blood sugar, to relieve stress on the pancreas and to discourage blood sugar abnormalities, such as hypoglycemia. [It] absorbs toxic substances produced during digestion and elimination. It binds toxic material and eliminates them before they can be absorbed into the blood stream. [It] acts as a prevention of chronic disease and a weight control agent. As a diet aid, it expands to about 50 times its original volume when used with a large glass of water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Biochimie
  • Médicaments
DEF

Polysaccharide tiré du bois de feuillus.

CONT

[...] le glucomannane et le galactomannane (oligo- et polysaccharides) peuvent être très intéressants comme agents régulateurs de la digestion (mucilages) [...]

CONT

La gomme de konjac est un hydrocolloïde soluble dans l'eau obtenu à partir de la farine de konjac par extraction aqueuse. La farine de konjac est le produit brut non raffiné tiré de la racine de la plante pérenne Amorphophallus konjac. Le principal constituant de la gomme de konjac est le glucomannane, polysaccharide de poids moléculaire élevé soluble dans l'eau, composé d'unités de D-mannose et de D-glucose dans un rapport molaire de 1,6 pour 1, reliées par des liaisons glycosidiques en ß(1-4).

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Pharmacology
CONT

If there is any &quotnatural" progesterone in a wild yam cream, it is synthetic, but identical to the human hormone. If you buy prescription progesterone, it is synthetic but not identical, since the identical progesterone cannot be patented. The exception is the progesterone patch which usually uses natural synthetic progesterone because they can patent the delivery system &quotNatural" in pharmacy means molecularly identical to the real thing, even if it is synthesized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Pharmacologie
CONT

Deux solutions pourraient venir faciliter l'administration du TSH : des «patchs matriciels» à action prolongée (1 semaine) apparaissent; des «patchs» mixtes oestroprogestatifs? Pour l'instant, seule est proposé la juxtaposition d'un «patch» oestrogénique et d'un«patch» progestatif.

Spanish

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Record 13 1999-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

... Back winder: Designed to wind in back of any type machine. Winds on Tubes or Spools. Equipped with end support.

OBS

Winder : A machine used for transferring yam from one package to another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Filature (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
CONT

Candied yams or sweet potatoes are boiled first, then glazed in thick syrup and served that way.

OBS

A popular recipe, the yam is sliced and cooked with brown sugar, butter, cream and salt.(From Betty Crocker's Cookbook).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
OBS

glacer : Faire cuire des légumes entiers (petits oignons) ou tournés (carottes, navets, pour bouquetière par exemple) dans un récipient (...) avec eau, sel, beurre et sucre, jusqu'à ce que le liquide se transforme en un sirop qui enrobera les éléments d'une pellicule brillante.

Spanish

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Record 15 1996-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
CONT

Fermented pulp that has not been dried; prepared directly and eaten.

OBS

This type of dish is made out a type of watery yam found in swampy areas like Douala, Kribi, Tiko, Limbe or the forest zone in Cameroon. The preparation is eaten as a liquidy paste(fufu).

Key term(s)
  • foufou

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Plats cuisinés
CONT

[...] Le principe vénéneux du manioc est le manihotoxoside (manihotoxine), hétéroside qui donne, par hydrolyse, du glucose, de l'acétone et de l'acide cyanhydrique, très toxique pour l'homme, mais qui disparaît par la cuisson ou le rouissage, qui est le procédé traditionnel en Afrique dans la préparation de la chikwangue ou du foufou. Les Indiens se contentent de comprimer la pâte pour en exprimer le liquide. [...]

OBS

Le «foufou» se définit comme une masse alimentaire friable. Émanation de l'«Akpessi», le «foufou» est préparé à partir de la banane plantain verte (ou presque mûre), de toutes les variétés d'igname (sauf la variété «Bêté-Bêté» ou «florido» et du taro.

OBS

chikwangue : terme utilisé en Afrique.

Spanish

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Record 16 1990-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

Process in which one type of steroid, or a precursor, is converted to a related molecule using enzymes or cells as catalysts. Such transformations include the hydroxylation of progesterone using Rhizopus arrhizus, which introduces an oxygen atom at C-11.

OBS

Microorganisms are also used in the conversion of raw materials, such as diosgenin from yam roots and stigma sterol from soya beans, by cleavage of their side chain to produce the aglycone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
CONT

[Pour la] biotransformation de stéroïdes, de nombreuses espèces [de bactéries] sont utilisables et peuvent catalyser des réactions spécifiques d'hydroxylation, d'époxydation, de déshydrogénation, de cyclisation, d'hydrolyse, de céto-réduction, d'isomérisation ... L'exemple le plus classique est celui de la transformation par Rhizopus arrhizus de la progestérone en 11-[alpha]-hydroxyprogestérone.

Spanish

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