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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Egyptian bean
Egyptian bean
n : perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having
trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike
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 [syn:
hyacinth bean
,
bonavist,
Indian bean,
Lablab purpureus,
Dolichos lablab
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Egyptian bean
Egyptian
\E*gyp"tian\, a. [L. Aegyptius, Gr. ?, fr. ? (L.
Aegyptus) Egypt: cf. F. ['e]gyptien. Cf.
Gypsy.]
Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.
[1913 Webster]
Egyptian bean. (Bot.)
(a) The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant (
Nelumbium speciosum
), somewhat resembling the water lily.
(b) See under
Bean, 1.
Egyptian cross. See Illust. (No. 6) of
Cross.
Egyptian thorn (Bot.), a medium-sized tree (
Acacia vera).
It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic.
[1913 Webster]
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