Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large genus of twining plants, the type of the natural order Dioscoreaceœ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of plants, the roots of which are eaten as yams. See
yam .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun yams
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Examples
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The plant in question is Ipomoea batatus, the true sweet potato, as distinguished from the yam, another species completely, called dioscorea.
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The plant in question is Ipomoea batatus, the true sweet potato, as distinguished from the yam, another species completely, called dioscorea.
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The plant in question is Ipomoea batatus, the true sweet potato, as distinguished from the yam, another species completely, called dioscorea.
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A yam belongs to the genus dioscorea while a sweet potato belongs to the genus ipomoea.
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For a study of female immunological infertility by Chen Xiaoping, researchers used Guyin Decoction ginseng, rehmannia, dioscorea, cornus, cuscuta, polygala, schizandra, and licorice to treat 60 women with infertility attributed to antisperm immune response.
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For a study of female immunological infertility by Chen Xiaoping, researchers used Guyin Decoction ginseng, rehmannia, dioscorea, cornus, cuscuta, polygala, schizandra, and licorice to treat 60 women with infertility attributed to antisperm immune response.
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Production and economic evaluation of white guinea yam (dioscorea rotundata) minisetts under ridge and bed production systems in a tropical guinea savanna location, Nigeria.
1. Green manure crops in irrigated and rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems in south Asia.
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Production and economic evaluation of white guinea yam (dioscorea rotundata) minisetts under ridge and bed production systems in a tropical guinea savanna location, Nigeria. 28.
1. Green manure crops in irrigated and rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems in south Asia.
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Other extensively widespread pests which infest the yam tuber during storage are mealy bugs and yam mealy bugs (Aspidiella hartii and Planococcus dioscorea).
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This may be done by drinking freely of a decoction of yam-root, or _dioscorea villosa_, which is an effectual remedy in this affection.
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