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
   "Pachyrhizus erosus tubers are popular in Mexican cuisine";
   - yam bean

Type of: vine

Part of: genus Pachyrhizus, Pachyrhizus

Encyclopedia: Pachyrhizus erosus