goa bean

goa bean
noun
1. a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
Hypernyms: ↑vine
Member Holonyms: ↑Psophocarpus, ↑genus Psophocarpus
2. Old World tropical bean
Hypernyms: ↑bean, ↑edible bean

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized G
Etymology: goa (I)
1. : a tropical Old World herbaceous annual vine (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) bearing purplish or blue flowers in a close raceme and pods with four jagged wings
2. : the edible seed of the Goa bean

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Goa bean noun
1. A papilionaceous plant (genus Psophocarpus) of tropical Asia and Africa, grown for its beans and root
2. Its bean
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Main Entry:Goa

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