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INDIAN POTATO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots

Synonyms:

giant sunflower; Helianthus giganteus; Indian potato; tall sunflower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Indian potato" is a kind of...):

helianthus; sunflower (any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays)

Sense 2

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:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Indian potato" 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 "Indian potato"):

groundnut; potato bean; wild bean (nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans)

Holonyms ("Indian potato" is a member of...):

Apios; genus Apios (twining perennial North American plants)

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