English > Dioscorea: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | yams. |
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Synonym | genus Dioscorea |
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Member of | Dioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, yam family | yams |
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Members | elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes | South African vine having a massive rootstock / rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark |
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wild yam, Dioscorea paniculata | Having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism / rheumatism or liver disorders |
yam, yam plant | Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots |
Broader | plant genus | A genus of plants |
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Spanish | dioscorea, género dioscorea, genus dioscorea |
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Catalan | dioscorea, genus dioscorea |
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