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Indian bean
noun 1.Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods. Synonym: catalpa. 2.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. Synonyms: bonavist, Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, hyacinth bean, Lablab purpureus.
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