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
• Syn: ↑hyacinth bean, ↑Indian bean, ↑Egyptian bean, ↑Lablab purpureus, ↑Dolichos lablab
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lablab, ↑genus Lablab
Useful english dictionary. 2012.