English noun: genus Dioscorea | |||
1. | genus Dioscorea (plant) yams | ||
Synonyms | Dioscorea | ||
Broader (hypernym) | plant genus | ||
Member holonym | Dioscorea elephantipes, Dioscorea paniculata, elephant's-foot, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, tortoise plant, wild yam, yam, yam plant | ||
Member meronym | Dioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, yam family | ||