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Indian bean

Indian bean Meaning & Definition
Indian bean Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indian bean?

[n] 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
[n] tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods

Synonyms | Synonyms for Indian bean: bonavist | catalpa | Dolichos lablab | Egyptian bean | hyacinth bean | Lablab purpureus

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See Also | bean tree | Catalpa bignioides | Catalpa speciosa | genus Catalpa | genus Lablab | Lablab | vine

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