potato bean

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	potato bean - twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots Pachyrhizus tuberosus, yam bean genus Pachyrhizus, Pachyrhizus - small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
	2.	potato bean - a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans Apios americana, Apios tuberosa, groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, wild bean groundnut, wild bean, potato bean - nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans Apios, genus Apios - twining perennial North American plants vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
	3.	potato bean - nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans groundnut, wild bean 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 tuber - a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage