hopniss

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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12
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Definition of hopniss

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

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.”

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Etymology

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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