Dioscorea

Translingual thumb|upright|Dioscorea villosa species Etymology From mul Διοσκουρίδης grc Dioscorides -a f. Proper noun 1 f genus family Dioscoreaceae tropical and warm temperate flowering plants, including yams Hypernyms genus , monocots clade clades; Dioscoreales order order; Dioscoreaceae family family Hyponyms genus Dioscorea villosa species (syn. Dioscorea sativa species; wild yam, fourleaf yam) type species; Dioscorea alata species (purple yam, greater yam), Dioscorea arachidna species, Dioscorea bulbifera species (air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, aerial yam, parsnip yam), Dioscorea cayenensis species (yellow yam), Dioscorea communis species (black bryony), Dioscorea dugesii species, Dioscorea dumetorum species (bitter yam), Dioscorea elephantipes species (elephant's foot, Hottentot bread), Dioscorea esculenta species (lesser yam), Dioscorea filiformis species, Dioscorea hispida species (intoxicating yam, Indian three-leaf yam), Dioscorea japonica species (Japanese yam), Dioscorea mexicana species (Mexican yam), Dioscorea oppositifolia species (betel yam, Chinese yam), Dioscorea panthaica species, Dioscorea pentaphylla species (fiveleaf yam), Dioscorea polystachya species (Chinese yam), Dioscorea pyrifolia species, Dioscorea septemloba species (seven-lobed yam, Foochow yam), Dioscorea tokoro species, Dioscorea tomentosa species (thorny yam), Dioscorea trifida species (Indian yam, cush-cush yam, yampee), Dioscorea wallichii species; for other species see 328349-2. See also Ipomoea batatas species Further reading 1 1 1 328349-2 Dioscorea species names in many languages mul taxonomic eponyms mul Dioscoreales order plants