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DIOSCOREA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Yams

Synonyms:

Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Dioscorea" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Dioscorea"):

yam; yam plant (any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots)

Dioscorea elephantipes; elephant's-foot; Hottentot's bread vine; Hottentot bread vine; tortoise plant (South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark)

Dioscorea paniculata; wild yam (having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders)

Holonyms ("Dioscorea" is a member of...):

Dioscoreaceae; family Dioscoreaceae; yam family (yams)

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