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PACHYRHIZUS EROSUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Pachyrhizus erosus; yam bean
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pachyrhizus erosus" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("Pachyrhizus erosus" is a member of...):
genus Pachyrhizus; Pachyrhizus (small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots)
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