1) Family dioscoreaceae 2) Plant family 3) Yam family 
Dioscoreaceae ee is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 750 species in eight or nine genera. The best-known member of the family is the Yam (Dioscorea). The APG system (1998) and APG II system (2003) both place it in the order Dioscoreales, in the clade monocots. However, the circumscription changed in the APG II system, with...
the yam family of the flowering plant order Liliales, consisting of 6 genera with more than 500 species of herbaceous or woody vines and shrubs, ...
Dioscoreaceae is a family of twining shrubs or herbs belonging to the Monocotyledonous group, but resembling the Dicotyledons in many superficial characters, the leaves being decidedly stalked and having netted veins. The family is a small one, and with the exception of one genus (Tamus) confined to the tropics. The family includes the Yam.
[n] - yams
family Dioscoreaceae noun yams