Dioscorea

Translingual

Dioscorea altissima

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek after Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης (Pedánios Dioskourídēs, “Dioscorides”)

Proper noun

Dioscorea f

A taxonomic genus within the family Discoreaceae – tropical and warm temperate flowering plants, including yams.

Hypernyms

(genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Dioscoreales - order; Dioscoreaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Dioscorea villosa (syn. Dioscorea sativa) - type species; for species see Dioscorea at The Plant List

See also

Ipomoea batatas - sweet potato

References

Dioscorea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dioscorea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dioscorea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Dioscorea species names in many languages

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