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Detailed Synonyms for Indian bean in English
Indian bean:
Indian bean [the ~] noun
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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 1the Lablab purpureus; the Egyptian bean; the bonavist; the Indian bean; the Dolichos lablab; 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 1 -
the Indian bean
– tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods 1the catalpa; the Indian bean– tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods 1