dioscorea

Noun

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A genus of plants. See Yam.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Asparagales have a method of secondary thickening which is otherwise only found in Dioscorea (in the order Disoscoreales). Source: Internet

Subdivision The three families of Dioscreales constitutes about 22 genera and about 849 speciessfn making it one of the smaller monocot orders.sfn Of these, the largest group is Dioscorea (yams) with about 450 species. Source: Internet

Of necessity the Dioscoreales contain the family Dioscoreaceae which includes the yam ( Dioscorea ) that is used as an important food source in many regions around the globe. Source: Internet

Dioscoreaceae contains mainly vines ( Dioscorea ) and other crawling species ( Epipetrum ). Source: Internet

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