yam bean

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noun

1. Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods;
large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked;
pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils
• Syn:
Pachyrhizus erosus
• Hypernyms:
vine
• Member Holonyms:
Pachyrhizus, genus Pachyrhizus
2. twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
• Syn:
potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus
• Hypernyms:
vine
• Member Holonyms:
Pachyrhizus, genus Pachyrhizus