Amphicarpaea

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Amphicarpaea - very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanutAmphicarpa, genus Amphicarpa, genus Amphicarpaearosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsPapilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family PapilionaceaeAmphicarpa bracteata, Amphicarpaea bracteata, hog peanut, wild peanut - vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts