Egyptian bean

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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
• Syn:
hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab
• Hypernyms:
vine
• Member Holonyms:
Lablab, genus Lablab