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Categories: Root vegetables, Crops originating from Mexico, Crops originating from the Americas, Taxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDs, Taxonbars with automatically added basionyms

yam bean Pachyrhizus erosus Hicama Hicima Hickama

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 WordNet 3.0

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Pachyrhizus erosus, commonly known as jícama or Mexican turnip, is a native Mexican vine, although the name jícama most commonly refers to the plant's edible tuberous root. Wikipedia

Called jícama, Mexican yam bean, or Mexican turnip, a tuberous root Wikipedia Disambiguation

A tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama. Wiktionary

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