yam bean

1. 1.

   twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots

   Synonymspotato beanPachyrhizus tuberosus

   Broadervine

   Part ofPachyrhizus
2. 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

   SynonymsPachyrhizus erosus

   Broadervine

   Part ofPachyrhizus

Questions about yam bean

What does yam bean mean?

yam bean means "twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for yam bean?

Close synonyms include potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus, Pachyrhizus erosus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yam bean a common word?

yam bean is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.