potato bean
- noun
- US
:
frijol de papa
- Indigenous peoples of the Amazon often cultivate the potato bean for its nutritious roots.
Examples
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The potato bean is native to the Amazon rainforest.
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Researchers are studying the potato bean as a potential food source for its high yield.
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The potato bean thrives in the humid climate of the rainforest.
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Many farmers cultivate potato beans for their nutritional value.
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Indigenous peoples of the Amazon often cultivate the potato bean for its nutritious roots.
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The potato bean thrives in the humid climate of the rainforest, making it an essential crop.
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Researchers are studying the potato bean as a potential food source due to its high yield and sustainability.
Synonyms
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8.7
A climbing tropical vine with large edible round tubers that grow above ground
A climbing plant with large edible roots grown in the Amazon
A climbing plant grown for its large edible roots eaten raw or cooked
A tropical climbing plant with edible pods that have four raised edges and thick edible roots
A tropical climbing plant with winged pods used in cooking
A North American vine with sweet-smelling flowers and edible roots used for food
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines two concrete, descriptive nouns whose meanings yield a clear composite idea: a bean/legume associated with potato-like edible tubers or roots. A B1 learner who knows 'potato' and 'bean' would reasonably infer a plant that is a legume with large edible roots, and such noun‑noun plant names are cross‑linguistically common, so the meaning is compositionally predictable.
Etymology
Potato bean names a tropical climbing bean whose large, edible roots resemble a potato. Indigenous people of the Amazon long grew and ate these roots, so the word came to mean 'a tropical bean with big potato-like roots'.