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DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dioscorea bulbifera mean?
• DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA (noun)
The noun DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA has 1 sense:
1. yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers
Familiarity information: DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
air potato; Dioscorea bulbifera
Hypernyms ("Dioscorea bulbifera" is a kind of...):
yam; yam plant (any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots)
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