WordWeb Online

1. 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
   - bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab

Derived forms: hyacinth beans

Type of: vine

Part of: genus Lablab, Lablab

Encyclopedia: Hyacinth bean