hopniss · noun — apios americana, a perennial vine that bears edible beans and large edible tubers.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Unami hopënis (/hopənis/ (which has now shifted to meaning "potato"), compare Munsee óhpən, ohpën (“potato”)), possibly via Colonial Swedish. Compare katniss.
noun
- Apios americana, a perennial vine that bears edible beans and large edible tubers.e.g.“You have to cook hopniss tubers—they are inedible and potentially toxic raw. They are great boiled, roasted, or fried.” — 2014, Leda Meredith, Northeast Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles, →ISBN:
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Words closest in meaning
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- groundnut 70% match — A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers. vs hopniss →
- earthpea 56% match — Any of a species of pea, Amphicarpaea bracteata, a climbing leguminous plant with hairy underground pods. vs hopniss →
- bayhops 55% match — The pantropical creeping vine Ipomoea pes-caprae. vs hopniss →
- añu 54% match — A crop grown in the Andes (Tropaeolum tuberosum). vs hopniss →
- lablab 54% match — Any of the twining leguminous plants related to the bean, especially the hyacinth bean. vs hopniss →
- ipomoea 54% match — Any of various twining plants of the genus Ipomoea with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine. vs hopniss →
- haricot 54% match — Synonym of common bean. vs hopniss →
- bean 53% match — Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods. vs hopniss →