| Noun | 1. | potato bean - twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible rootsvine - weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface | |
| 2. | potato bean - a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americansvine - weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface | |
| 3. | potato bean - nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americanstuber - a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage | |