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YAM FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Yams

Synonyms:

Dioscoreaceae; family Dioscoreaceae; yam family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("yam family" is a kind of...):

plant family (a family of plants)

Meronyms (members of "yam family"):

Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)

genus Tamus; Tamus (a genus of tuberous vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes)

Holonyms ("yam family" is a member of...):

Liliales; order Liliales (an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae)

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