yam bean
yam bean · yam beans
A tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicamaA tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama.
Meaning
2 sensesA tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama.
Any of the plants in the genus Pachyrhizus, including several similar cultivated species.
More definitions
- 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
- twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
Forms
plural: yam beansSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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
- twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots:potato beanPachyrhizus tuberosus