Indian potato noun4 •Any of several kinds of North American plants with edible, starchy bulbs or other underground structures, such as mariposa lilies, groundnuts, etc. •Apios americana (American potato-bean), a terrestrial plant native to eastern North America; •Orogenia spp. (now in Lomatium), a terrestrial plant native to western North America; •Sagittaria latifolia (broadleaf arrowhead, duck potato), an aquatic plant native to North and South America. formsIndian potatoes