Phrase guide

hyacinth bean

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Indian bean

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vine

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَبْلَاب (lablāb) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Assamese: উৰহী (urohi) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Bengali: শিম (śim) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Cebuano: bataw — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Chinese: 扁豆 (biǎndòu) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Danish: hjelmbønne — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Dutch: koelieboontjes — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Finnish: hyasinttipapu — the plant or its produce of seed
  • German: Helmbohne — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Ancient Greek: the Ancients only knew the cowpea — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Ancient Greek: perhaps extending its names in a generic fashion. — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Gujarati: વાલ (vāl) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Hungarian: bivalyborsó — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Indonesian: kacang komak — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Indonesian: kacang bado — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Indonesian: kacang biduk — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Indonesian: bitsuwelas — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Indonesian: bataw — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Japanese: 藤豆 (fujimame) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Kannada: ಅವರೆ (avare) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Kikuyu: njahĩ — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Latin: the Ancients only knew the cowpea — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Latin: perhaps extending its names in a generic fashion. — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Malayalam: അമര (amara) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Mizo: bepui — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Nepali: टाटे सिमी (ṭāṭe simī) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Polish: wspięga pospolita — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Polish: fasolnik egipski — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Polish: chropawiec pospolity — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Russian: ло́бия (lóbija) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Russian: гиаци́нтовые бобы́ (giacíntovyje bobý) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Sanskrit: निष्पाव (niṣpāva) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Sanskrit: राजशिम्बी (rājaśimbī) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Sanskrit: वल्लक (vallaka) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Sholaga: ಅವರೆ (avare) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Sindhi: سيم (sīm) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Sranan Tongo: kulibonki — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Swedish: hjälmböna — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Sylheti: ꠃꠞꠤ (uri) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Tagalog: bataw — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Tamil: அவரை (avarai) — the plant or its produce of seed
  • Ukrainian: гіаци́нтові боби́ (hiacýntovi bobý) — the plant or its produce of seed