English noun: potato bean |
1. | potato bean (plant) twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots |
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| Synonyms | Pachyrhizus tuberosus, yam bean |
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| Broader (hypernym) | vine |
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| Member meronym | genus Pachyrhizus, Pachyrhizus |
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2. | potato bean (plant) a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans |
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| Synonyms | Apios americana, Apios tuberosa, groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, wild bean |
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| Broader (hypernym) | vine |
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| Part holonym | groundnut, potato bean, wild bean |
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| Member meronym | Apios, genus Apios |
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3. | potato bean (food) nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans |
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| Synonyms | groundnut, wild bean |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tuber |
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| Part meronym | Apios americana, Apios tuberosa, groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean |
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