Meaning
One of the common Jamaican yam varieties — a large, firm, white-fleshed yam grown as a staple 'food' or ground provision, boiled and eaten with the main meal. It is one of several named yam types (alongside yellow yam, sweet yam, and renta yam) that fill the country market and the Sunday pot, prized for how well it holds together when boiled. The name is long-established in Jamaican farming.
Examples
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Boil a piece a negro yam wid di dinner.
Boil a piece of negro yam with the dinner.
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Di negro yam white an firm.
The negro yam is white and firm.
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Country market full a negro yam.
The country market is full of negro yam.
Origin
A long-established Jamaican yam-variety name. See [[yellow-yam]], [[ground-provision]].
How it’s used
A common white-fleshed Jamaican yam variety. See [[yellow-yam]], [[ground-provision]].