Plant similar to the sweet potato (3)

I believe the answer is:

yam

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

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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