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DIOSCOREACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dioscoreaceae mean?
• DIOSCOREACEAE (noun)
The noun DIOSCOREACEAE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DIOSCOREACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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