Meaning
A Jamaican yam variety — often said quickly as 'sinvincent' — with a soft, floury white flesh well liked for boiling. It is another of the many named yam types grown across the island's hill country as staple 'food', each with its own eating quality, and it takes its name from the eastern Caribbean island of St Vincent. Yam variety names like this map the deep place yam holds in the local diet.
Examples
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Di st vincent yam soft when it boil.
The St Vincent yam is soft when it boils.
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Mi buy a hand a sinvincent yam.
I bought a bunch of St Vincent yam.
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Sinvincent yam good fi mash.
St Vincent yam is good for mashing.
Origin
Named for the island of St Vincent; a Jamaican yam variety. See [[yellow-yam]], [[negro-yam]].
How it’s used
A soft, floury Jamaican yam variety ('sinvincent'). See [[yellow-yam]], [[negro-yam]].