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Dioscorea, n.

yams
<noun.plant>

Dioscorea genus Dioscorea

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member holonym

Dioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, yam family

member meronym

yam, yam plant elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes wild yam, Dioscorea paniculata