Nigerian staple food (3)

I believe the answer is:

yam

(Other definitions for yam that I've seen before include "Tropical climber" , "Edible tuber" , "Tropical tuber" , "Tropical root vegetable" , "Tuberous vegetable" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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