yam bean, n.
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
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Pachyrhizus erosus yam bean
twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
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Pachyrhizus tuberosus potato bean yam bean