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DIOSCOREA TRIFIDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dioscorea trifida mean?
• DIOSCOREA TRIFIDA (noun)
The noun DIOSCOREA TRIFIDA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers
Familiarity information: DIOSCOREA TRIFIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cush-cush; Dioscorea trifida
Hypernyms ("Dioscorea trifida" 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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