WordNet
potato bean
n. twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots [syn: yam bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus]
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]
nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans [syn: groundnut, wild bean]