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dioscorea
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dioscorea \Di`os*co"re*a\, n. [NL. Named after Dioscorides the Greek physician.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, the roots of which are eaten as yams. See Yam. [1913 Webster +PJC]
