dolichos lablab

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 beanbonavistIndian beanEgyptian beanLablab purpureus

   Broadervine

   Part ofLablab

Questions about dolichos lablab

What does dolichos lablab mean?

dolichos lablab 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".

What is another word for dolichos lablab?

Close synonyms include hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus. 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 dolichos lablab a common word?

dolichos lablab is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.