‖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 ]
[べにいも;ベニイモ, beniimo ; beniimo] (n) (1) (See 大薯) purple yam; water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; (2) (See 紫芋) purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such); (3) (uk) (See 芋貝) Conus pauperculus (species of cone shell)