HYACINTH BEAN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds
   • grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent
   • sometimes placed in genus Do
   Synonym(s)
   • bonavist (what does bonavist mean?)
   • Dolichos lablab (what does Dolichos lablab mean?)
   • Egyptian bean (what does Egyptian bean mean?)
   • Indian bean (what does Indian bean mean?)
   • Lablab purpureus (what does Lablab purpureus mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) hyacinth bean is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • vine (what does vine mean?)