Food sometimes candied (3)

I believe the answer is:

yam

(Other definitions for yam that I've seen before include "US sweet potato" , "Tropical root vegetable" , "US sweet-potato" , "American sweet potato" , "May be a sweet potato" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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