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SWORD BEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food
Synonyms:
Canavalia gladiata; sword bean
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sword bean" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("sword bean" is a member of...):
Canavalia; genus Canavalia (herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics)
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