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GROUNDNUT VINE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
Synonyms:
Apios americana; Apios tuberosa; groundnut; groundnut vine; Indian potato; potato bean; wild bean
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("groundnut vine" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Meronyms (parts of "groundnut vine"):
groundnut; potato bean; wild bean (nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans)
Holonyms ("groundnut vine" is a member of...):
Apios; genus Apios (twining perennial North American plants)
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