| NOUN | plant | genus Dioscorea, Dioscorea | yams |
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| Meaning | yams. | |
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| Synonym | Dioscorea | |
| Member of | Dioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, yam family | yams |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Spanish | dioscorea, género dioscorea, genus dioscorea | |
| Catalan | dioscorea, genus dioscorea | |
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