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HYACINTH BEAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hyacinth bean mean?
• HYACINTH BEAN (noun)
The noun HYACINTH BEAN has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: HYACINTH BEAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
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Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bonavist; Dolichos lablab; Egyptian bean; hyacinth bean; Indian bean; Lablab purpureus
Hypernyms ("hyacinth bean" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("hyacinth bean" is a member of...):
genus Lablab; Lablab (one species: hyacinth bean)
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