bonavist

1. 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

   Synonymshyacinth beanIndian beanEgyptian beanLablab purpureusDolichos lablab

   Broadervine

   Part ofLablab

Other forms of bonavist

plural

bonavists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bonavist

What does bonavist mean?

bonavist means "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".

How many syllables are in bonavist?

bonavist has 3 syllables: bo-na-vist. The stress falls on "bo".

What is another word for bonavist?

Close synonyms include hyacinth bean, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bonavist a common word?

bonavist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.