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DIOSCOREACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dioscoreaceae mean? 

DIOSCOREACEAE (noun)
  The noun DIOSCOREACEAE has 1 sense:

1. yamsplay

  Familiarity information: DIOSCOREACEAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIOSCOREACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Yams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dioscoreaceae; family Dioscoreaceae; yam family

Hypernyms ("Dioscoreaceae" is a kind of...):

plant family (a family of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Dioscoreaceae"):

Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)

genus Tamus; Tamus (a genus of tuberous vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes)

Holonyms ("Dioscoreaceae" is a member of...):

Liliales; order Liliales (an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae)


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