NOUN | plant | Indian potato, groundnut, groundnut vine, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa | a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers |
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plant | Indian potato, giant sunflower, tall sunflower, Helianthus giganteus | very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots |
Meaning | A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans. | |
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Synonyms | groundnut, groundnut vine, 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 |
Meaning | Very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots. | |
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Synonyms | giant sunflower, tall sunflower, Helianthus giganteus | |
Broader | sunflower, helianthus | Any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays |
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