Noun: Manila bean
- A tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
"Manila beans are cultivated for both their pods and tubers";
- winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Type of: vine
Part of: genus Psophocarpus, Psophocarpus
Encyclopedia: Manila bean