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hyacinth bean

hyacinth bean noun: a climbing leguminous plant (Lablab purpureus), with white or dark purple flowers, native to Africa, widely cultivated in the tropics.

hyacinth bean: a climbing leguminous plant (Lablab purpureus), with white or dark purple flowers, native to...
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Noun

hyacinth bean (plural hyacinth beans)

  1. A climbing leguminous plant (Lablab purpureus), with white or dark purple flowers, native to Africa, widely cultivated in the tropics.
    Synonyms:
    Indian bean

hyacinth bean meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

hyacinth bean in Tamil

the plant or its produce of seed
அவரை avarai

hyacinth bean in Bengali

the plant or its produce of seed
শিম śim

hyacinth bean in Malayalam

the plant or its produce of seed
അമര amara

hyacinth bean in Kannada

the plant or its produce of seed
ಅವರೆ avare
More languagesFewer languages
hyacinth bean in Gujarati
વાલ vāl
hyacinth bean in Sanskrit
निष्पाव niṣpāva, राजशिम्बी rājaśimbī, वल्लक vallaka
hyacinth bean in Assamese
উৰহী urohi
hyacinth bean in Nepali
टाटे सिमी ṭāṭe simī
hyacinth bean in Tagalog
bataw
hyacinth bean in Arabic
لَبْلَاب lablāb
hyacinth bean in Indonesian
kacang komak, kacang bado, kacang biduk, bitsuwelas
Sindhi
سيم sīm

Synonyms of hyacinth bean

Forms of hyacinth bean

pluralhyacinth beans

Questions about hyacinth bean

What does hyacinth bean mean?
Hyacinth bean means a climbing leguminous plant (Lablab purpureus), with white or dark purple flowers, native to Africa, widely cultivated in the tropics.
What is hyacinth bean in Tamil?
Hyacinth bean in Tamil is அவரை (avarai). See Hyacinth bean meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hyacinth bean?
Hyacinth bean is a noun.
What is the plural of hyacinth bean?
The plural of hyacinth bean is hyacinth beans.

Words near hyacinth bean in the dictionary

  1. hy-spy
  2. hyaa
  3. hyacine
  4. hyacines
  5. hyacinth
  6. hyacinth bean
  7. hyacinth beans
  8. hyacinth macaw
  9. hyacinth of Peru
  10. hyacinth orchid
  11. hyacinth orchids

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