SWORD BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sword bean mean? 

• SWORD BEAN (noun)
  The noun SWORD BEAN has 1 sense:

1. twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food

  Familiarity information: SWORD BEAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWORD BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Canavalia gladiata; sword bean

Hypernyms ("sword bean" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("sword bean" is a member of...):

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