Crossword-Solution: DIOSCOREA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dioscorea | n. | A genus of plants. See Yam. |
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| Yam | 12 answers |
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Dermatological complaint
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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eruption
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Sentences with DIOSCOREA (5)
The produce of the bread-fruit tree can no more be considered as bread than plantains before the state of maturity, or the tuberous and amylaceous roots of the cassava, the dioscorea, the Convolvulus batatas, and the potato.
Also, Liriodendron, Dipterocarpus, Bambusa, Pinus but of smaller size, Engelhaardtia, Dioscorea, Castanea, Quercus callicarpa, which is very common.
The variety of roots of the yam and potato kind, under the general name of ubi, is almost endless; the dioscorea being generally termed ubi kechil (small), and the convolvulus ubi gadang (large); some of which latter, of the sort called at Bencoolen the China-yam, weigh as much as forty pounds, and are distinguished into the white and the purple.
This may be done by drinking freely of a decoction of yam-root, or _dioscorea villosa_, which is an effectual remedy in this affection.
This is the Guinea Negro name of the _Dioscorea sativa_, in English "Yam." _Ajes_ is the native West Indies name.