APIOS AMERICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Apios americana mean? 

• APIOS AMERICANA (noun)
  The noun APIOS AMERICANA has 1 sense:

1. a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans

  Familiarity information: APIOS AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APIOS AMERICANA (noun)

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Meaning:

A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Apios americana; Apios tuberosa; groundnut; groundnut vine; Indian potato; potato bean; wild bean

Hypernyms ("Apios americana" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "Apios americana"):

groundnut; potato bean; wild bean (nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans)

Holonyms ("Apios americana" is a member of...):

Apios; genus Apios (twining perennial North American plants)