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Descriptor English:   Dioscorea 
Descriptor Spanish:   Dioscorea 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Dioscorea 
Synonyms English:   Yam  
Tree Number:   B06.388.100.325.500
Definition English:   A plant genus best known for edible underground tubers. Yam may also refer to a moist variety of sweet potato, IPOMOEA BATATAS. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not confuse X ref YAM with PSEUDO-YAM see IPOMOEA BATATAS; coord with specific PLANT COMPONENTS term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATIONS or its indentations/ther use (IM or NIM) + specific plant chemical /ther use (IM) if pertinent; Manual 26.29
See Related English:   Ipomoea
 
History Note English:   2002; use Liliaceae 1998-2001 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
adverse effects anatomy & histology
chemistry classification
cytology drug effects
embryology enzymology
growth & development genetics
immunology metabolism
microbiology physiology
poisoning parasitology
radiation effects toxicity
ultrastructure virology
Record Number:   35785 
Unique Identifier:   D027742 

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