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Dioscorea
Dioscorea
Translingual
Proper noun
Dioscorea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Discoreaceae – tropical and warm temperate flowering plants, including yams.
 
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Dioscoreales - order; Dioscoreaceae - family
 
Hyponyms
-  For species see 
 Dioscorea on  Wikispecies.Wikispecies  or 
 Dioscorea on  Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
 
See also
- Ipomoea batatas - sweet potato
 
