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  Definition of yam bean
  1. 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
  2. twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
Similar Words: Pachyrhizus erosus, potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus

 

Member Meronyms: Pachyrhizus, genus Pachyrhizus

 

 
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