单词 | Indian bean |
释义 | Indian bean (once / 562825 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Indian bean: Indian beans USAGE EXAMPLESA cloud of the perfume of a West Indian bean went up from it, sweet and warm. Conrad, Joseph, Romance(2010) The kidney-shaped West Indian bean, which is sometimes driven upon the shore of the Feroes, is termed, by the natives "the Fairie's kidney." Scott, Walter, Sir, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border,...(2010) 1 n 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 2Syn|Hyper Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, bonavist, hyacinth bean vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface n tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods Syn|Hypo|Hyper catalpa Catalpa bignioides catalpa tree of southern United States Catalpa speciosacatalpa tree of central United States bean tree any of several trees having seedpods as fruits |
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