English noun: Lablab purpureus | |||
1. | Lablab purpureus (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | bonavist, Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, hyacinth bean, Indian bean | ||
Broader (hypernym) | vine | ||
Member meronym | genus Lablab, Lablab | ||