indian bean meaning and definition

INDIAN BEAN noun

Definition of Indian bean (noun)

1. tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
   • synonyms: catalpa
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
   • synonyms: bonavist, Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, hyacinth bean, Lablab purpureus