potato bean

/pəˌteɪdoʊ bin/
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Definitions of potato bean
  1. noun
    a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
    synonyms: Apios americana, Apios tuberosa, Indian potato, groundnut, groundnut vine, wild bean
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    type of:
    vine
    a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
  2. noun
    nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
    synonyms: groundnut, wild bean
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    type of:
    tuber
    a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
  3. noun
    twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
    synonyms: Pachyrhizus tuberosus, yam bean
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    type of:
    vine
    a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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