potato bean
n 1: twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
[syn: {yam bean}, {Pachyrhizus tuberosus}]
2: a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible
tubers; important food crop of Native Americans [syn: {groundnut},
{groundnut vine}, {Indian potato}, {wild bean}, {Apios
americana}, {Apios tuberosa}]
3: nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans [syn: {groundnut},
{wild bean}]