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A climbing leguminous plant (Lablab purpureus), with white or dark purple flowers, native to Africa, widely cultivated in the tropics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Indian bean
Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vine
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
لَبْلَاب
(lablāb)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Assamese:
উৰহী
(urohi)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Bengali:
শিম
(śim)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Cebuano:
bataw
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Chinese:
扁豆
(biǎndòu)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Danish:
hjelmbønne
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Dutch:
koelieboontjes
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Finnish:
hyasinttipapu
— the plant or its produce of seed
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German:
Helmbohne
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Ancient Greek:
the Ancients only knew the cowpea
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Ancient Greek:
perhaps extending its names in a generic fashion.
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Gujarati:
વાલ
(vāl)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Hungarian:
bivalyborsó
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Indonesian:
kacang komak
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Indonesian:
kacang bado
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Indonesian:
kacang biduk
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Indonesian:
bitsuwelas
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Indonesian:
bataw
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Japanese:
藤豆
(fujimame)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Kannada:
ಅವರೆ
(avare)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Kikuyu:
njahĩ
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Latin:
the Ancients only knew the cowpea
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Latin:
perhaps extending its names in a generic fashion.
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Malayalam:
അമര
(amara)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Mizo:
bepui
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Nepali:
टाटे सिमी
(ṭāṭe simī)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Polish:
wspięga pospolita
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Polish:
fasolnik egipski
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Polish:
chropawiec pospolity
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Russian:
ло́бия
(lóbija)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Russian:
гиаци́нтовые бобы́
(giacíntovyje bobý)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Sanskrit:
निष्पाव
(niṣpāva)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Sanskrit:
राजशिम्बी
(rājaśimbī)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Sanskrit:
वल्लक
(vallaka)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Sholaga:
ಅವರೆ
(avare)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Sindhi:
سيم
(sīm)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Sranan Tongo:
kulibonki
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Swedish:
hjälmböna
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Sylheti:
ꠃꠞꠤ
(uri)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Tagalog:
bataw
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Tamil:
அவரை
(avarai)
— the plant or its produce of seed
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Ukrainian:
гіаци́нтові боби́
(hiacýntovi bobý)
— the plant or its produce of seed