SWORD BEAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food

Synonyms:

Canavalia gladiata; sword bean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sword bean" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("sword bean" is a member of...):

Canavalia; genus Canavalia (herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics)

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