Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun egyptian_bean

1 sense of egyptian bean

Sense 1
hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab -- (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)
       => vine -- (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)