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English noun: hyacinth bean

1. hyacinth 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, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus


Broader (hypernym)vine


Member meronymgenus Lablab, Lablab









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