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

2 senses of indian bean

Sense 1
catalpa, Indian bean -- (tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods)
       => bean tree -- (any of several trees having seedpods as fruits)

Sense 2
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)