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Dioscorea

noun

yams

• Syn: ↑genus Dioscorea

• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Dioscoreaceae, ↑family Dioscoreaceae, ↑yam family

• Member Meronyms:

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

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\\ˌdīəˈskōrēə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Pedanius Dioscorides, 1st century A.D. Greek physician

1. capitalized : a genus of mostly tropical twining herbs (family Dioscoreaceae) including the yams and having net-veined leaves and small dioecious flowers

2. -s : the dried rhizome of a wild yam (Dioscorea paniculata) formerly used in hepatic disorders and rheumatism

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Dioscorea /dī-o-skōˈri-ə or -köˈ/

noun

The yam genus, of the monocotyledonous family Dioscoreāˈceae

ORIGIN: From the 1c AD Greek physician Dioskoridēs

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dioscoreāˈceous adjective

Useful english dictionary. 2012.