| NOUN | plant | Indian bean, catalpa | tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods |
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| plant | Indian bean, hyacinth bean, bonavist, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab | perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds |
| Meaning | Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods. | |
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| Synonym | catalpa | |
| Member of | genus Catalpa | A dicotyledonous genus of plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae |
| Narrower | Catalpa bignioides | catalpa tree of southern United States |
| Catalpa speciosa | catalpa tree of central United States | |
| Broader | bean tree | Any of several trees having seedpods as fruits |
| Spanish | catalpa | |
| Catalan | catalpa | |
| Meaning | perennial 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. | |
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| Synonyms | hyacinth bean, bonavist, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab | |
| Member of | Lablab, genus Lablab | One species |
| Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
| Spanish | bonavist, Lablab purpureus | |
| Catalan | bonavist | |
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