Indian bean

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Noun	1.	Indian bean - tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender podscatalpagenus Catalpa - a dicotyledonous genus of plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae; has large flowers (white or mottled) and long terete podsCatalpa bignioides - catalpa tree of southern United StatesCatalpa speciosa - catalpa tree of central United Statesbean tree - any of several trees having seedpods as fruits
	2.	Indian bean - 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 Dolichosbonavist, Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, hyacinth bean, Lablab purpureusgenus Lablab, Lablab - one species: hyacinth beanvine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface