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Indian potato   /ˈɪndiən pətˈeɪtˌoʊ/   Listen
Indian potato

noun
1.
A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans.  Synonyms: Apios americana, Apios tuberosa, groundnut, groundnut vine, potato bean, wild bean.
2.
Very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots.  Synonyms: giant sunflower, Helianthus giganteus, tall sunflower.





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"Indian potato" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the language of the Micmac Indians of the Atlantic provinces. It means a place, or locality, and is always associated with another word descriptive of some special natural production; for instance, Shubenacadie, or Segubunakade, is the place where the ground-nut, or Indian potato, grows. We find the first official mention of the word in the commission given by Henry IV of France to the Sieur de Monts ...
— Canada under British Rule 1760-1900 • John G. Bourinot


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