NOUN | plant | groundnut vine, groundnut, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa | a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers |
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Meaning | A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans. | |
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Synonyms | groundnut, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa | |
Member of | Apios, genus Apios | Twining perennial North American plants |
Parts | groundnut, potato bean, wild bean | nutlike tuber |
Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
Spanish | chufa |
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