Noun: yam bean yam been
- 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
"Yam bean tubers are popular in Mexican cuisine";
- Pachyrhizus erosus
- Twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
"Indigenous peoples traditionally cultivated yam bean for its nutritious roots";
- potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus
Derived forms: yam beans
Type of: vine
Part of: genus Pachyrhizus, Pachyrhizus
Encyclopedia: Yam bean