About The Word Yam bean

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Yam bean to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Yam bean definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Yam bean

Yam bean Meaning & Definition
Yam bean Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Yam bean?

[n] 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
[n] twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots

Synonyms | Synonyms for Yam bean: Pachyrhizus erosus | Pachyrhizus tuberosus | potato bean

Related Terms | Find terms related to Yam bean:

See Also | genus Pachyrhizus | Pachyrhizus | vine

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • De broglie ‐ French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality…
  • Outdated ‐ old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words";…
  • Genus gasterosteus ‐ type genus of the family…
  • Ablated ‐ removed or taken away by cutting or erosion or melting or evaporation;…
  • Gamy ‐ willing to face danger [adj] used of the smell of game beginning…
  • Adequate ‐ (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially…
  • Riff ‐ a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation…
  • Galliformes ‐ pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush…
  • Achromatize ‐ remove…
  • Genus menura ‐ type and sole genus of the family…
Crossword Dictionary