noun
1. sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod
• Syn: ↑asparagus pea, ↑Lotus tetragonolobus
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
2. a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
• Syn: ↑winged bean, ↑goa bean, ↑goa bean vine, ↑Manila bean, ↑Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Psophocarpus, ↑genus Psophocarpus
• Part Meronyms: ↑goa bean
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noun : a European annual herb (Lotus tetragonolobus) having a 4-winged edible pod
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a trailing southern European plant, Lotus tetragonolobus, of the legume family, having purplish-red flowers and edible pods and seeds.
[1730-40]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.