apios_tuberosa_vine


	Enter dictionary search query here. apios_tuberosa MEANING: a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans Hypernym Tree (apios_tuberosa is a type of) vine -- (weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface vascular_plant, tracheophyte -- (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms plant, flora, plant_life -- (a living organism lacking the power of locomotion organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently living_thing, animate_thing -- (a living (or once living) entity object, physical_object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) Holonyms (apios_tuberosa is a part of) Apios, genus_Apios -- (twining perennial North American plants Meronyms (parts of apios_tuberosa) groundnut, potato_bean, wild_bean -- (nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans Also See moonseed -- (plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds clematis -- (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers allamanda -- (a plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes Nepal_trumpet_flower, Easter_lily_vine, Beaumontia_grandiflora -- (evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers star_jasmine, confederate_jasmine, Trachelospermum_jasminoides -- (evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers ivy, common_ivy, English_ivy, Hedera_helix -- (Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits birthwort, Aristolochia_clematitis -- (creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America bougainvillea -- (any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions Barbados_gooseberry, Barbados-gooseberry_vine, Pereskia_aculeata -- (West Indian woody scrambler with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits climbing_corydalis, Corydalis_claviculata, Fumaria_claviculata -- (annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers climbing_fumitory, Allegheny_vine, Adlumia_fungosa, Fumaria_fungosa -- (vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria German_ivy, Delairea_odorata, Senecio_milkanioides -- (South African succulent evergreen twining climber with yellow flowers grown primarily as a houseplant for its foliage; sometimes placed in genus Senecio climbing_hempweed, climbing_boneset, wild_climbing_hempweed, climbing_hemp-vine, Mikania_scandens -- (herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees yam, yam_plant -- (any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots elephant's-foot, tortoise_plant, Hottentot_bread_vine, Hottentot's_bread_vine, Dioscorea_elephantipes -- (South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark wild_yam, Dioscorea_paniculata -- (having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders black_bryony, black_bindweed, Tamus_communis -- (common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries gourd, gourd_vine -- (any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds squash, squash_vine -- (any of numerous annual tendril-bearing trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits bryony, briony -- (a tendril-bearing vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties luffa, dishcloth_gourd, sponge_gourd, rag_gourd, strainer_vine -- (any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge bower_actinidia, tara_vine, Actinidia_arguta -- (high-climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit Chinese_gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi_vine, Actinidia_chinensis, Actinidia_deliciosa -- (climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat silvervine, silver_vine, Actinidia_polygama -- (ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings passionflower, passionflower_vine -- (any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit hop, hops -- (twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer salsilla, Bomarea_edulis -- (tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America salsilla, Bomarea_salsilla -- (tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia smilax, Asparagus_asparagoides -- (fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration sarsaparilla -- (any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse_brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax_rotundifolia -- (a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries yellow_jasmine, yellow_jessamine, Carolina_jasmine, evening_trumpet_flower, Gelsemium_sempervirens -- (poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers calabar-bean_vine, Physostigma_venenosum -- (tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans hog_peanut, wild_peanut, Amphicarpaea_bracteata, Amphicarpa_bracteata -- (vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts 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 jack_bean, wonder_bean, giant_stock_bean, Canavalia_ensiformis -- (annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage sword_bean, Canavalia_gladiata -- (twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food butterfly_pea, Centrosema_virginianum -- (large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers butterfly_pea, Clitoria_mariana -- (large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers blue_pea, butterfly_pea, Clitoria_turnatea -- (vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue yellow-centered flowers derris_root, tuba_root, Derris_elliptica -- (woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone Australian_pea, Dipogon_lignosus, Dolichos_lignosus -- (South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos Western_Australia_coral_pea, Hardenbergia_comnptoniana -- (vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia; grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers coral_pea -- (any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers hyacinth_bean, bonavist, Indian_bean, Egyptian_bean, Lablab_purpureus, Dolichos_lablab -- (perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos vetchling -- (any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils everlasting_pea -- (any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus sweet_pea, sweetpea, Lathyrus_odoratus -- (climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers heath_pea, earth-nut_pea, earthnut_pea, tuberous_vetch, Lathyrus_tuberosus -- (European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey yam_bean, Pachyrhizus_erosus -- (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 yam_bean, potato_bean, Pachyrhizus_tuberosus -- (twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots winged_bean, winged_pea, goa_bean, goa_bean_vine, Manila_bean, Psophocarpus_tetragonolobus -- (tuberous-rooted twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics kudzu, kudzu_vine, Pueraria_lobata -- (fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long many-seed hairy pods and tuberous starchy roots; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States wisteria, wistaria -- (any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria silver_lace_vine, China_fleece_vine, Russian_vine, Polygonum_aubertii -- (twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia partridgeberry, boxberry, twinberry, Mitchella_repens -- (creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries soapberry_vine -- (tendril-climbing vine bittersweet, American_bittersweet, climbing_bittersweet, false_bittersweet, staff_vine, waxwork, Celastrus_scandens -- (twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds Japanese_bittersweet, Japan_bittersweet, oriental_bittersweet, Celastrus_orbiculatus, Celastric_articulatus -- (ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America evergreen_bittersweet, Euonymus_fortunei_radicans, Euonymus_radicans_vegetus -- (broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit; many subspecies or varieties black-eyed_Susan, black-eyed_Susan_vine, Thunbergia_alata -- (tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center cross_vine, trumpet_flower, quartervine, quarter-vine, Bignonia_capreolata -- (woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section convolvulus -- (any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus bindweed -- (any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit silverweed -- (any of various twining shrubs of the genus Argyreia having silvery leaves and showy purple flowers dodder -- (a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria dichondra, Dichondra_micrantha -- (a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions morning_glory -- (any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day ground_ivy, alehoof, field_balm, gill-over-the-ground, runaway_robin, Glechoma_hederaceae, Nepeta_hederaceae -- (trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta potato_tree, Solanum_crispum -- (hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato Uruguay_potato, Uruguay_potato_vine, Solanum_commersonii -- (South American potato vine wild_potato, Solanum_jamesii -- (erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream tubers resembling potatoes potato_vine, Solanum_jasmoides -- (copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue potato, white_potato, white_potato_vine, Solanum_tuberosum -- (annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous potato_vine, giant_potato_creeper, Solanum_wendlandii -- (vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers cock's_eggs, Salpichroa_organifolia, Salpichroa_rhomboidea -- (weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit climber -- (a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants liana -- (a woody climbing usually tropical plant grape, grapevine -- (any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries Boston_ivy, Japanese_ivy, Parthenocissus_tricuspidata -- (Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries Virginia_creeper, American_ivy, woodbine, Parthenocissus_quinquefolia -- (common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit true_pepper, pepper_vine -- (any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper cruel_plant, Araujia_sericofera -- (robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn hoya -- (any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers silk_vine, Periploca_graeca -- (deciduous climber for arches and fences having ill-scented but interesting flowers and poisonous yellow fruits; cultivated for its dark shining foliage; southeastern Europe to Asia Minor soma, haoma, Sarcostemma_acidum -- (leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink negro_vine, Vincetoxicum_hirsutum, Vincetoxicum_negrum -- (twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers