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Apios

noun

twining perennial North American plants

• Syn: ↑genus Apios

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms:

↑groundnut, ↑groundnut vine, ↑Indian potato, ↑potato bean, ↑wild bean, ↑Apios americana, ↑Apios tuberosa

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\\ˈāpēˌäs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, pear tree; from the shape of the tubers — more at pear

: a widely distributed genus of trailing or climbing herbs (family Leguminosae) having tuberous roots, compound leaves, small racemose flowers, and linear pods — see groundnut

Useful english dictionary. 2012.