"Dioscorea" meaning in All languages combined

See Dioscorea on Wiktionary

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: New Latin, from Ancient Greek after Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης (Pedánios Dioskourídēs, “Dioscorides”) Etymology templates: {{der|mul|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{der|mul|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης||Dioscorides}} Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης (Pedánios Dioskourídēs, “Dioscorides”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Dioscorea|nogendercat=1}} Dioscorea f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dioscoreaceae – tropical and warm temperate flowering plants, including yams. Wikipedia link: Dioscorides Tags: feminine Related terms: Ipomoea batatas
    Sense id: en-Dioscorea-mul-name-SjxvODlk Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual entries with language name categories using raw markup, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Plantae (english: kingdom), Viridiplantae (english: subkingdom), Streptophyta (english: infrakingdom), Embryophyta (english: superphylum), Tracheophyta (english: phylum), Spermatophytina (english: subphylum), angiosperms (english: family), monocots (english: clades), Dioscoreales (english: order), Dioscoreaceae (english: family) Hyponyms (genus): Dioscorea villosa (alt: syn. Dioscorea sativa; wild yam, fourleaf yam) (english: type species), Dioscorea alata (english: purple yam, greater yam), Dioscorea arachidna, Dioscorea bulbifera (english: air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, aerial yam, parsnip yam), Dioscorea cayenensis (english: yellow yam), Dioscorea communis (english: black bryony), Dioscorea dugesii, Dioscorea dumetorum (english: bitter yam), Dioscorea elephantipes (english: elephant's foot, Hottentot bread), Dioscorea esculenta (english: lesser yam), Dioscorea filiformis, Dioscorea hispida (english: intoxicating yam, Indian three-leaf yam), Dioscorea japonica (english: Japanese yam), Dioscorea mexicana (english: Mexican yam), Dioscorea oppositifolia (english: betel yam, Chinese yam), Dioscorea panthaica, Dioscorea pentaphylla (alt: fiveleaf yam), Dioscorea polystachya (english: Chinese yam), Dioscorea pyrifolia, Dioscorea septemloba (alt: seven-lobed yam, Foochow yam), Dioscorea tokoro, Dioscorea tomentosa (english: thorny yam), Dioscorea trifida (alt: Indian yam, cush-cush yam, yampee), Dioscorea wallichii, for other species see Dioscorea at The Plant List

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      "sense": "genus",
      "urls": [
        "http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Dioscorea",
        "http://www.theplantlist.org/"
      ],
      "word": "for other species see Dioscorea at The Plant List"
    }
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  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Ipomoea batatas"
    }
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        "Translingual taxonomic eponyms",
        "Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Translingual terms derived from New Latin",
        "mul:Taxonomic names (genus)"
      ],
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        "A taxonomic genus within the family Dioscoreaceae – tropical and warm temperate flowering plants, including yams."
      ],
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          "genus",
          "genus#English"
        ],
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          "Dioscoreaceae",
          "Dioscoreaceae#Translingual"
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          "yam"
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        "Dioscorides"
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}

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