noun
- Twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots.
- synonyms: potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus
- 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
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