APIOS

(Lat.), n. f. A*p(a>pYi?-02s, Gr., dmos, a pear. Fr., apios. 1. See Apron (Ist def.). 2. An aucient name for a species of Buphorbia. [Theophrastus Dioscorides (A, 311).] 3. A genus of twining papilionaceous plants established by Linnæus (so called from the pear-like shape of its tubers), [B, 34.]—A. batard, A. faux ers. See LATHYRUS fuberosus,—A. ischas. Gr., dmuos ioxàs. An ancient name for the horseradish (Cochlear i a armor a cia). [Pliny (A, 318).]—A. tuberosa [Pursh]. Syn.: Glycine apios [Linnæus]. The wild bean or ground-nut; a species growing in the woods of the United States and Canada, bearing oval, fleshy, very nutritious tubers, which may be used as a substitute for the potato. [B, 34.] APIOSPOREÆ [Matthieu] (Lat.), n. f. e(a5-e2), See APIOSPOREI.