potato bean

noun
groundnut ( def 1 ).
Origin:
1795–1805

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potato bean

noun
1. twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots [syn: yam bean] 
2. a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans [syn: groundnut] 
3. nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans [syn: groundnut] 
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