HyperDic: apios_americana

English > 1 sense of the expression Apios americana:
NOUNplantApios americana, groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios tuberosaa North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers
English > Apios americana: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans.
Synonymsgroundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios tuberosa
Member ofApios, genus ApiosTwining perennial North American plants
Partsgroundnut, potato bean, wild beannutlike tuber
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
Spanishchufa

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