Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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;
[syn: yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pachyrhizus erosus
n 1: 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 [syn: yam bean, Pachyrhizus
erosus]