Apios

a·pi·o  (äp-)

n. pl. a·pi·os

See arracacha.

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[American Spanish, from Spanish, celery, from Latin apium, perhaps from apis, bee.]

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Apios - twining perennial North American plants genus Apios rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae Apios americana, Apios tuberosa, groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, wild bean, potato bean - a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans