Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A North American genus of leguminous climbing plants, producing edible tubers on underground shoots.
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- noun twining perennial North American plants
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Examples
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In her simplicity she unfolded herself to Philip, leaf by leaf, petal by petal, like the morning apios that surrenders its mysteries to the sun.
Flower of the North James Oliver Curwood 1903
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The elder, as a last effort, made search for roots, and fortunately discovered a few ground-nuts, (glicine apios) which served to refresh in some degree himself and his still weaker companion.
Historical Papers, Part 3, from Volume VI., The Works of Whittier: Old Portraits and Modern Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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The elder, as a last effort, made search for roots, and fortunately discovered a few ground-nuts, (glicine apios) which served to refresh in some degree himself and his still weaker companion.
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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The elder, as a last effort, made search for roots, and fortunately discovered a few ground-nuts, (glicine apios) which served to refresh in some degree himself and his still weaker companion.
Old Portraits, Modern Sketches, Personal Sketches and Tributes Complete, Volume VI., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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Jerusalem artichoke: they are the roots of glycine apios.
Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811 1819
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