Library / English Dictionary

LABLAB

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One species: hyacinth bean

Synonyms:

genus Lablab; Lablab

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Lablab" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Lablab"):

bonavist; Dolichos lablab; Egyptian bean; hyacinth bean; Indian bean; Lablab purpureus (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)

Holonyms ("Lablab" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)

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