Manroot

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  manroot
       n : tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial
           having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be
           source of the sweet potato [syn: {wild potato vine}, {wild
           sweet potato vine}, {man-of-the-earth}, {scammonyroot}, {Ipomoea
           panurata}, {Ipomoea fastigiata}]