Yam bean

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama.
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of the plants in the genus Pachyrhizus, including several similar cultivated species.
  4. 4
    twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots wordnet

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