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.
- synonyms: hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab
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