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PACHYRHIZUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pachyrhizus mean?
• PACHYRHIZUS (noun)
The noun PACHYRHIZUS has 1 sense:
1. small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots
Familiarity information: PACHYRHIZUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pachyrhizus; Pachyrhizus
Hypernyms ("Pachyrhizus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Pachyrhizus"):
Pachyrhizus erosus; yam bean (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 tuberosus; potato bean; yam bean (twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots)
Holonyms ("Pachyrhizus" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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