YAM FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yam family mean? 

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

1. yams

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• YAM FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

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)