HyperDic: dioscorea

English > 1 sense of the word Dioscorea:
NOUNplantDioscorea, genus Dioscoreayams
English > Dioscorea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningyams.
Synonymgenus Dioscorea
Member ofDioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, yam familyyams
Memberselephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipesSouth African vine having a massive rootstock / rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
wild yam, Dioscorea paniculataHaving a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism / rheumatism or liver disorders
yam, yam plantAny of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
Broaderplant genusA genus of plants
Spanishdioscorea, género dioscorea, genus dioscorea
Catalandioscorea, genus dioscorea

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