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Definition of Lablab
1. Noun. One species: hyacinth bean.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Bonavist, Dolichos Lablab, Egyptian Bean, Hyacinth Bean, Indian Bean, Lablab Purpureus
Definition of Lablab
1. n. an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab).
Definition of Lablab
1. Noun. Any of several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, especially the hyacinth bean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lablab
1. a tropical bean [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lablab
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lablab
Literary usage of Lablab
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lost Crops of Africa: Volume Ii: Vegetables by National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"Both there and in other regions of India young lablab pods are widely consumed
as a vegetable—boiled like French beans, dumped into curries...things like ..."
2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"... Egyptian or hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab L., lablab vulgaris Savi.) are much
eaten in the Tropics. ..."
3. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"DOLICHOS lablab L. Common on bushes along the coast and in cultivation. Canaan.
March (321). Eggers Fl 223. 441. Dolichos lablab albiflorus (de C.) ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Tropical twiners (a bush variety of D. lablab is now being offered by ...
It differs from D. lablab in having the upper lip of the calyx 2-toothed and from ..."
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