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Definition: Dioscoreaceae

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Yams.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Dioscoreaceae" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Common Expressions: Dioscoreaceae

Expressions Definition
Family Dioscoreaceae Yams. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Dioscoreaceae

Dioscoreaceae

Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea balcanica
Dioscorea balcanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
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Genera

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Dioscoreaceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 750 species in eight or nine genera. The best-known member of the family is the Yam (Dioscorea).

The APG system (1998) and APG II system (2003) both place it in the order Dioscoreales, in the clade monocots. However, the circumscription changed in the APG II system, with the 2003 system expanded to include the plants that in the 1998 system were treated in the families Taccaceae and Trichopodaceae.

Genera

Dioscoreaceae (sensu stricto)
(Taccaceae)
  • Tacca
(Trichopodaceae)

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Translations: Dioscoreaceae

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 蓣 (dioscoreaceae). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, dioscoreaceae. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 蕷 (dioscoreaceae). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, dioscoreaceae. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Dioscoreaceae

Language Translations for “dioscoreaceae” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Esperanto Dioskoreacoj (Dioscoreaceae). Additional references: Esperanto, dioscoreaceae. (volunteer)
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