VIGNA ACONITIFOLIA

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Meaning:

East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus

Synonyms:

moth bean; Phaseolus aconitifolius; Vigna aconitifolia

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Vigna aconitifolia" is a kind of...):

legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

Holonyms ("Vigna aconitifolia" is a member of...):

genus Vigna; Vigna (genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus)

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