indian-bean
Nouns
- (n) tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods catalpa,
- (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 bonavist, Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, hyacinth bean, Lablab purpureus,