Dioscorea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dioscorea \Di`os*co"re*a\, n. [NL. Named after Dioscorides the
     Greek physician.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants, the roots of which are eaten as {yams}.
     See {Yam}.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Dioscorea
       n : yams [syn: {genus Dioscorea}]