Search Result for "potato_bean":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots;
[syn: yam bean, potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus]

2. a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans;
[syn: groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa]

3. nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans;
[syn: groundnut, potato bean, wild bean]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

potato bean n 1: twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots [syn: yam bean, potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus] 2: a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans [syn: groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa] 3: nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans [syn: groundnut, potato bean, wild bean]