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