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yam bean

yam bean noun: a tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama.

Noun

yam bean (plural yam beans)

  1. A tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama.
  2. Any of the plants in the genus Pachyrhizus, including several similar cultivated species.

Forms of yam bean

pluralyam beans

Questions about yam bean

What does yam bean mean?
Yam bean means a tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama.
What part of speech is yam bean?
Yam bean is a noun.
What is the plural of yam bean?
The plural of yam bean is yam beans.

Words near yam bean in the dictionary

  1. Yalova
  2. Yalta
  3. Yaltabaoth
  4. Yalu
  5. yam
  6. yam bean
  7. yam beans
  8. yam cake
  9. yam cakes
  10. yam daisies
  11. yam daisy

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