yam family

English Thesaurus

1. yams (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	plant family,
definition	:	a family of plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	dioscorea, genus dioscorea,
definition	:	yams (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus tamus, tamus,
definition	:	a genus of tuberous vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	liliales, order liliales,
definition	:	an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae (noun.plant)