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MOTH BEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("moth bean" is a kind of...):
legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)
Holonyms ("moth bean" 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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