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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 | ||
Pachyrhizus erosus | ||
vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface | ||
yam bean - twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots | ||
potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus | ||
vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |