Definition of Family Dioscoreaceae

1. Noun. Yams.

Exact synonyms: Dioscoreaceae, Yam Family
Generic synonyms: Plant Family
Member holonyms: Dioscorea, Genus Dioscorea, Genus Tamus, Tamus
Group relationships: Liliales, Order Liliales

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Dioscoreaceae

family Dennstaedtiaceae
family Dermestidae
family Dermochelyidae
family Desmidiaceae
family Desmodontidae
family Diapensiaceae
family Diaspididae
family Dicamptodontidae
family Dicranaceae
family Didelphidae
family Dilleniaceae
family Dinornithidae
family Diodontidae
family Diomedeidae
family Dioscoreaceae (current term)
family Dipodidae
family Dipsacaceae
family Dipterocarpaceae
family Discoglossidae
family Doliolidae
family Dracunculidae
family Drepanididae
family Dromaeosauridae
family Droseraceae
family Drosophilidae
family Dryopteridaceae
family Dugongidae
family Dytiscidae
family Ebenaceae

Literary usage of Family Dioscoreaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Dioscorea villosa L. Yam family ( Dioscoreaceae i. Wild yam; colic-root; rheumatism-root. Slender, herbaceous, native vine, growing in moist thickets from ..."

2. Summer in a Bog by Katharine Dooris Sharp (1913)
"... has been translated from the Greek and Latin into several modern languages. The botanical family Dioscoreaceae (the wild yam) is named in his honor. ..."

3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Dioscorea villosa L. Yam family (Dioscoreaceae). Wild yam; colic-root; rheumatism-root. Slender, herbaceous, native vine, growing in moist thickets from ..."

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