YAM BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yam bean mean? 

• YAM BEAN (noun)
  The noun YAM BEAN has 2 senses:

1. twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots

2. 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

  Familiarity information: YAM BEAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YAM BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pachyrhizus tuberosus; potato bean; yam bean

Hypernyms ("yam bean" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("yam bean" is a member of...):

genus Pachyrhizus; Pachyrhizus (small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots)

Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pachyrhizus erosus; yam bean

Hypernyms ("yam bean" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("yam bean" is a member of...):

genus Pachyrhizus; Pachyrhizus (small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots)