Indian bean

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noun

1. 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
• Syn:
hyacinth bean, bonavist, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab
• Hypernyms:
vine
• Member Holonyms:
Lablab, genus Lablab
2. tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
• Syn:
catalpa
• Hypernyms:
bean tree
• Hyponyms:
Catalpa bignioides, Catalpa speciosa
• Member Holonyms:
genus Catalpa