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Dioscoreaceae

🔄 Synonyms of "Dioscoreaceae"

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Word	Definition
yam familynoun	yams
family dioscoreaceaenoun	yams

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dioscoreaceae"

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Word	Definition
family dioscoreaceaenoun	yams
yam familynoun	yams
yamsnoun	The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
arecaceae	a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales.
haemodoraceae	a family of perennial herbaceous angiosperms (flowering plants) containing 15 genera and 102 known species, sometimes known as the "bloodroots", found throughout the Southern Hemisphere, from Australia and New Guinea to South Africa, as well as the Americas (from extreme southeastern USA through tropical South America).
acanthaceae	a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species.
passifloraceae	a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera.
dioscorea	a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world.
aizoaceae	The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1,800 species.
phyllanthaceae	a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales.
aristolochiaceae	a family, the birthwort family, of flowering plants with seven genera and about 400 known species belonging to the order Piperales.
asparagaceae	Asparagaceae, known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.
melastomataceae	a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species.
montiaceae	a family of flowering plants, comprising about 14 genera with about 230 known species, ranging from small herbaceous plants to shrubs.
cordylinenoun	Any member of the genus Cordyline of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants, native to the western Pacific Ocean region.
agavoideae	a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales.
araliaceae	a family of flowering plants composed of about 43 genera and around 1500 species consisting of primarily woody plants and some herbaceous plants commonly called the ginseng family.
cichorioideae	a subfamily of the family Asteraceae of flowering plants.
adoxaceae	Adoxaceae, commonly known as moschatel family, is a small family of flowering plants in the order Dipsacales, now consisting of five genera and about 150–200 species.
burseraceae	a moderate-sized family of 17-19 genera and about 540 species of woody flowering plants.