noun
genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus
• Syn: ↑Vigna
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms:
↑moth bean, ↑Vigna aconitifolia, ↑Phaseolus aconitifolius, ↑adzuki bean, ↑adsuki bean, ↑Vigna angularis, ↑Phaseolus angularis, ↑snailflower, ↑snail-flower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail bean, ↑corkscrew flower, ↑Vigna caracalla, ↑Phaseolus caracalla, ↑mung, ↑mung bean, ↑green gram, ↑golden gram, ↑Vigna radiata, ↑Phaseolus aureus, ↑cowpea, ↑cowpea plant, ↑black-eyed pea, ↑Vigna unguiculata, ↑Vigna sinensis, ↑asparagus bean, ↑yard-long bean, ↑Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, ↑Vigna sesquipedalis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.