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English noun: Indian bean

1. Indian bean (plant) tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods


Synonymscatalpa


Broader (hypernym)bean tree


Narrower (hyponym)Catalpa bignioides, Catalpa speciosa


Member meronymgenus Catalpa

2. Indian bean (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


Synonymsbonavist, Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, hyacinth bean, Lablab purpureus


Broader (hypernym)vine


Member meronymgenus Lablab, Lablab









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