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Indian potato en · NOUN

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Etymology

From Indian + potato.

Meanings

1. Any of several kinds of North American plants with edible, starchy bulbs or other underground structures, such as mariposa lilies, groundnuts, etc., especially ▸ Apios americana (American potato-bean), a terrestrial plant native to eastern North America;
2. Any of several kinds of North American plants with edible, starchy bulbs or other underground structures, such as mariposa lilies, groundnuts, etc., especially ▸ Orogenia spp. (now in Lomatium), a terrestrial plant native to western North America;
3. Any of several kinds of North American plants with edible, starchy bulbs or other underground structures, such as mariposa lilies, groundnuts, etc., especially ▸ Sagittaria latifolia (broadleaf arrowhead, duck potato), an aquatic plant native to North and South America.

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