Indian bean

Indian bean
noun
1. 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
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lablab, ↑genus Lablab
2. tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
• Syn: ↑catalpa
• Hypernyms: ↑bean tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Catalpa

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized I
1.
a. : a No. American catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides) with flat pods resembling beans
b. : a pod of this catalpa
2. : the fruit of the groundnut

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catalpa.
[1835-45, Amer.]

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Indian bean,
a catalpa native to the southeastern United States.

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  • Indian bean — Indian In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Indian-bean — paprastoji katalpa statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bignonijinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Catalpa bignonioides), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Catalpa bignonioides angl. Catawba; common catalpa; Indian bean… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Indian bean — Catalpa Ca*tal pa, n. [From the language of the Indians of Carolina, where Catesby discovered this tree in the year 1726.] (Bot.) A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best known species are the {Catalpa bignonioides}, a large,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Indian-bean — puošnioji katalpa statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bignonijinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Catalpa speciosa), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Catalpa speciosa angl. catawba; cigartree; hardy catalpa; Indian bean; northern… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Indian bean — katalpa statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bignonijinių (Bignoniaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Catalpa). atitikmenys: lot. Catalpa angl. catalpa; Indian bean vok. Catalpa; Trompetenbaum rus. катальпа lenk. katalpa; surmia …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • Indian bean-tree — paprastoji katalpa statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bignonijinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Catalpa bignonioides), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Catalpa bignonioides angl. Catawba; common catalpa; Indian bean… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Indian bean — catalpa. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • Indian — In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Indian — In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Indian berry — Indian In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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