Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wild_bean

2 senses of wild bean

Sense 1
groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa -- (a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans)
       => vine -- (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Sense 2
groundnut, potato bean, wild bean -- (nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans)
       => tuber -- (a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage)