WONDER BEAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage

Synonyms:

Canavalia ensiformis; giant stock bean; jack bean; wonder bean

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

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

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