INDIAN BEAN



Definition:

  1. [noun] tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
    Synonyms: catalpa, Indian bean

  2. [noun] perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike 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: hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab

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