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Detailed Synonyms for Indian bean in English

Indian bean:

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  1. the Indian bean
    – 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 D 1
    the bonavist; the Indian bean; the Dolichos lablab; the hyacinth bean; the Lablab purpureus; the Egyptian bean
    – 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 D 1
  2. the Indian bean
    – tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods 1
    the catalpa; the Indian bean
    – tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods 1

Related Definitions for "Indian bean":

  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 D1
  2. tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods1

Related Synonyms for Indian bean