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Definition: yam bean
yam bean
n 1: twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
[syn:
potato bean,
Pachyrhizus tuberosus]
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 [syn:
Pachyrhizus erosus]