lablab : Idioms & Phrases
dolichos lablab
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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
hyacinth bean; bonavist; Dolichos lablab; Egyptian bean; Indian bean.
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genus lablab
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noun one species: hyacinth bean
Lablab.
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lablab purpureus
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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
hyacinth bean; bonavist; Dolichos lablab; Egyptian bean; Indian bean.