Indian potato
n 1: a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible
tubers; important food crop of Native Americans [syn: {groundnut},
{groundnut vine}, {potato bean}, {wild bean}, {Apios
americana}, {Apios tuberosa}]
2: very tall American perennial of central and the eastern
United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots [syn:
{giant sunflower}, {tall sunflower}, {Helianthus
giganteus}]