hopniss

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noun

Apios americana, a perennial vine that bears edible beans and large edible tubers.

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potato beanhodoimoIndian potatoAmerican groundnutgroundnut
OriginUnami hopënis →
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Meanings

noun
  1. Apios americana, a perennial vine that bears edible beans and large edible tubers.

    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

    Synonyms: potato bean, hodoimo, Indian potato, American groundnut, groundnut

Synonyms & antonyms

nounApios americana, a perennial vine that bears edible beans and large edible tubers.

Similar
potato beanhodoimoIndian potatoAmerican groundnutgroundnut

Origin

  1. Unamihopënis
  2. Englishhopniss

Borrowed from Unami hopënis (/hopənis/ (which has now shifted to meaning "potato"), compare Munsee óhpən, ohpën (“potato”)), possibly via Colonial Swedish. Compare katniss.

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APA

hopniss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopniss

MLA

“hopniss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopniss. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hopniss,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopniss.

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