Hyacinth bean Meaning, Definition & Usage
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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
bonavist; Dolichos lablab; Egyptian bean; Lablab purpureus; Indian bean.
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(Bot.) , a climbing leguminous plant (Dolichos Lablab ), related to the true bean. It has dark purple flowers and fruit.
