Search Result for "yam_bean":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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

2. 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: yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

yam bean n 1: twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots [syn: yam bean, potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus] 2: 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: yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus]