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YAM FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

• YAM FAMILY (noun)
The noun YAM FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. yams

Familiarity information: YAM FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

• YAM FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Yams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dioscoreaceae; family Dioscoreaceae; yam family

Hypernyms ("yam family" is a kind of...):

plant family (a family of plants)

Meronyms (members of "yam family"):

Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)

genus Tamus; Tamus (a genus of tuberous vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes)

Holonyms ("yam family" is a member of...):

Liliales; order Liliales (an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae)

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(English proverb)
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(Azerbaijani proverb)
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(Armenian proverb)
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(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of genus Dioscorea
Meaning of order Liliales
Meaning of Tamus
Meaning of plant family
Meaning of genus Tamus

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