Egyptian bean Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    hyacinth bean; bonavist; Dolichos lablab; Lablab purpureus; Indian bean.

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Definitions
  1. . (Bot.) (a) The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant (Nelumbium speciosum), somewhat resembling the water lily. (b) See under Bean, #1

Webster 1913