HyperDic: wild_bean

English > 2 senses of the expression wild bean:
NOUNplantwild bean, groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosaa North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers
foodwild bean, groundnut, potato beannutlike tuber
English > wild bean: 2 senses > 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, 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
English > wild bean: 2 senses > noun 2, food
Meaningnutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans.
Synonymsgroundnut, potato bean
Part ofgroundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosaA North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers
BroadertuberA fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage

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