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Detailed Synonyms for yam bean in English
yam bean:
yam bean [the ~] noun
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the yam bean
– 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 1the Pachyrhizus erosus; the yam bean– 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 1 -
the yam bean
– twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots 1the potato bean; the yam bean; the Pachyrhizus tuberosus– twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots 1