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Yam Bean

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Noun

1. pachyrhizus tuberosus, potato bean, yam bean

twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots

2. pachyrhizus erosus, yam bean

Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Yam Bean

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n.
See jicama.

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