Definition of Dolichos lablab

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Bonavist, Egyptian Bean, Hyacinth Bean, Indian Bean, Lablab Purpureus
Group relationships: Genus Lablab, Lablab
Generic synonyms: Vine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolichos Lablab

Doha
Dohle bodies
Dohle inclusions
Doidge
Dolan
Dolby
Dolbyization
Dolbyize
Dolbyized
Dolbyizing
Dolgan
Dolichonyx
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Dolichos
Dolichos biflorus
Dolichos lablab (current term)
Dolichos lignosus
Dolichotis
Dolichotis patagonum
Doliolidae
Doll
Dollar Diplomacy
Dolly
Dolly Parton
Dolly Varden cake
Dolly Varden cakes
Dolly Vardens
Dolobid
Dolomite

Literary usage of Dolichos lablab

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 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.) ..."

2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Jour. Pharm. 1897, 69. EGYPTIAN BEAN. Seeds of the Egyptian or hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab L., Lablab vulgaris Savi.) are much eaten in the Tropics. ..."

3. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"The seeds may now be procured at any seed-shop, generally under the name of Dolichos lablab. They should be raised on a hotbed, in pots, three seeds being ..."

4. How to Make a Flower Garden: A Manual of Practical Information and Suggestions by Wilhelm Miller (1903)
"Six annuals that resist drought: Bean, Hyacinth, Dolichos lablab Ice-plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. Petunia, Petunia spp. ..."

5. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"Dolichos lablab L., Brot. ii. 124. /3. purpurea; fl. purple.—DC. ... Dolichos lablab BM. t. 896; Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 74; Lindl. in Bot. ..."

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