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Definition of Pachyrhizus
1. Noun. Small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Pachyrhizus Erosus, Yam Bean, Pachyrhizus Tuberosus, Potato Bean, Yam Bean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pachyrhizus
Literary usage of Pachyrhizus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"The natives of the Tonga Islands no longer cultivate Pachyrhizus for food, but
they nevertheless encourage its growth in their fallow clearings in the ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Some species of Pachyrhizus, also an allied genus, are remarkable for their
tuberous roots, as Pachyrhizus angulatus, a native of India, now cultivated in ..."
3. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Pachyrhizus angulatus, Rhynchosia viscosa, Flemingia Gra- ... The lamina of the
first pair in Pachyrhizus angulatus is broadly triangular. ..."
4. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock (1893)
"A very similar compound is found in the seeds of Pachyrhizus angulatus, Rich.,
... It is very readily prepared from Pachyrhizus, which occurs in all ..."
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