I am an orange harvest tuber on the Thanksgiving table, but say my name aloud and I sound like a Popeye phrase meaning 'I exist.' What am I?
Yam
The wordplay relies on the phonetic similarity between 'yam' and the phrase 'I am' (often pronounced 'I yam' in folk dialects or by cartoon characters like Popeye). A yam is also a sweet root vegetable frequently served during autumn holiday meals.
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