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manila bean
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun manila bean has 1 sense
- manila bean(n = noun.plant) goa bean, goa bean vine, psophocarpus tetragonolobus, winged bean, winged pea - a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics; Array has parts: goa bean
is a member of genus psophocarpus, psophocarpus
is a kind of vine
CIDE DICTIONARY
manila bean, n.
A tuberous-rooted twining annual vine (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus ) bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics. [WordNet 1.5]
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