Apios

noun

Api·​os

ˈāpēˌäs

: a widely distributed genus of trailing or climbing herbs (family Leguminosae) having tuberous roots, compound leaves, small racemose flowers, and linear pods see groundnut

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek, pear tree; from the shape of the tubers

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