A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceae, Smilaceae, Trilliaceae, etc.
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n a genus of tuberous vines of the family Dioscoreaceae
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any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots n
