English
Detailed Synonyms for hyacinth bean in English
hyacinth bean:
hyacinth bean [the ~] noun
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the hyacinth 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 1the Egyptian bean; the Indian bean; the Lablab purpureus; the bonavist; the hyacinth bean; the Dolichos lablab– 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