#family_Dioscoreaceae__Dioscoreaceae__yam_family__yamfamily  yams
  supertype:  plant_family__plantfamily  a family of plants
  member of:  order_Liliales
  member:  genus_Dioscorea__Dioscorea  yams
     member:  yam_plant__yamplant__yam  any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
     member:  tortoise_plant__elephant's-foot__Hottentot_bread_vine__Hottentot's_bread_vine__Dioscorea_elephantipes  South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
     member:  wild_yam__Dioscorea_paniculata  having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders
  member:  genus_Tamus__Tamus  a genus of tuberous-rooted vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes
     member:  black_bryony__blackbryony__black_bindweed__blackbindweed__Tamus_communis  common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries

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