An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . ng andEichler, an order of the Liliacece; of Endlicher, a class of theArtorrhizcB), corresponding, with most authors cited, to the Dios-? coreaceoe of Lindley, and comprising the samfe genera. The Dios-coridecB are : Of Dumortier, a family of the Tamariece (of Bern-hardi, a tribe of the AUiacecR ; of Spach, a tribe of the Dioscorece\comprising Dioscorea and Rajania. The Dioscorince (Fr., dio-scorine
An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . ng andEichler, an order of the Liliacece; of Endlicher, a class of theArtorrhizcB), corresponding, with most authors cited, to the Dios-? coreaceoe of Lindley, and comprising the samfe genera. The Dios-coridecB are : Of Dumortier, a family of the Tamariece (of Bern-hardi, a tribe of the AUiacecR ; of Spach, a tribe of the Dioscorece\comprising Dioscorea and Rajania. The Dioscorince (Fr., dio-scorinees; Ger., Dioskorineen), or Dioscorinece (Dumortier), are ;Of Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth, an order of raouocotyledons(of Agardh, an order of the Liliflorce; of Reichenbach, a division ofthe 8armentacece.\ comprising the subdivisions Paridece., Roxburg-hia, and Dioscorece. It corresponds to the Dioscoreacece of otherauthors. [B. 34, 43, 121, 170 (a, 24).]—D. aculeata. A species in-digenous to the East Indies, cultivated largely also in Cochin-Chinaand the South Sea Islands for its esculent root (the £ potato). Itis one of the best varieties. [B, 77, 172; 180 (a. 24).J—D. DIOSCOREA ALATA. [A, 327.] Fr., igname ailee (ou rouge), rave du Bresil. An East Indianspecies that has been introduced and cultivated in the West Indies,and constitutes a large part of the food of theliatives in both coun-tries. The juice of the leaves. [B, 173,180 (a, 24).] See Yam.— The Chinese yam ; largely grown and eaten like thepotato. It is much the most valuable species of i). [B, 77,185 (a, 24).]~D. bulbifera. Fr., igname bulbeuse. A species indigenous toIndia, having an esculent root. [B, 121,173,180 {o, 24).]—D. cliffor-tiana. Fr., igname cultiv6e (ou blanche, ou com,mune), liane draves, cain& An East Indian specfes ; esculent, but purgingwhen first eaten. [B. 173 (a, 24).]—D. g^lobosa. An East Indianspecies the tubers ot which are considered the best by Euro
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