genus pachyrhizus

Noun
  1. Small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots (synset 112575574)
    is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
    member holonym:
    • pachyrhizus erosus, 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
    • pachyrhizus tuberosus, potato bean, yam bean - twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
    belongs to: papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
    same as: pachyrhizus

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