CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Canavalia ensiformis mean? 

• CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS (noun)
  The noun CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS has 1 sense:

1. annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage

  Familiarity information: CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Canavalia ensiformis; giant stock bean; jack bean; wonder bean

Hypernyms ("Canavalia ensiformis" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("Canavalia ensiformis" is a member of...):

Canavalia; genus Canavalia (herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics)

 Context examples 

A mannose-binding lectin originally isolated from jack-bean, Canavalia ensiformis.

(Concanavalin A, NCI Thesaurus)