HyperDic: groundnut_vine

English > 1 sense of the expression groundnut vine:
NOUNplantgroundnut vine, groundnut, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosaa North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers
English > groundnut vine: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans.
Synonymsgroundnut, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, 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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