APIOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Apios mean? 

• APIOS (noun)
  The noun APIOS has 1 sense:

1. twining perennial North American plants

  Familiarity information: APIOS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APIOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Twining perennial North American plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Apios; genus Apios

Hypernyms ("Apios" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Apios"):

Apios americana; Apios tuberosa; groundnut; groundnut vine; Indian potato; potato bean; wild bean (a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans)

Holonyms ("Apios" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)