- Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea - yams
--1 is a kind of plant genus
--1 is a member of Dioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, yam family
--1 has members:yam, yam plant; elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes; wild yam, Dioscorea paniculata