indian bean

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

• tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hyacinth bean , bonavist , Indian bean , Egyptian bean , Lablab purpureus , Dolichos lablab , catalpa