HyperDic: hyacinth_bean

English > 1 sense of the expression hyacinth bean:
NOUNplanthyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablabperennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds
English > hyacinth bean: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos.
Synonymsbonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab
Member ofLablab, genus LablabOne species
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
Spanishbonavist, Lablab purpureus
Catalanbonavist

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