Word
genus Dioscorea, n.
yams
<noun.plant>
Dioscorea
genus Dioscorea
semantic pointers
hypernym
plant genus
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