Noun yam bean has 2 senses
  1. yam bean, potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus - twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
    --1 is a kind of vine
    --1 is a member of Pachyrhizus, genus Pachyrhizus
  2. yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus - Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils
    --2 is a kind of vine
    --2 is a member of Pachyrhizus, genus Pachyrhizus
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