Lablab

lablab

(ˈlæbˌlæb) n1. (Plants) a twining leguminous plant, Dolichos lablab (or Lablab niger), of tropical Africa but widely cultivated2. (Plants) the edible pod or bean of this plant[from Arabic]

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Lablab - one species: hyacinth bean genus Lablabrosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsPapilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceaebonavist, Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, hyacinth bean, Lablab purpureus, 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 Dolichos