bengal bean meaning and definition

BENGAL BEAN noun

Definition of Bengal bean (noun)

1. the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
   • synonyms: Benghal bean, cowage, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean