indian bean
English Thesaurus
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 (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | vine, |
definition | : | a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface (noun.plant) |
2. tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | bean tree, |
definition | : | any of several trees having seedpods as fruits (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | catalpa bignioides, |
definition | : | catalpa tree of southern United States (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | catalpa speciosa, |
definition | : | catalpa tree of central United States (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | genus catalpa, |
definition | : | a dicotyledonous genus of plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae; has large flowers (white or mottled) and long terete pods (noun.plant) |
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