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Definition of Manila bean
1. Noun. A tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics.
Exact synonyms: Goa Bean, Goa Bean Vine, Psophocarpus Tetragonolobus, Winged Bean, Winged Pea
Terms within: Goa Bean
Group relationships: Genus Psophocarpus, Psophocarpus
Generic synonyms: Vine
Terms within: Goa Bean
Group relationships: Genus Psophocarpus, Psophocarpus
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manila Bean
Literary usage of Manila bean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Subtropical Vegetable-gardening by Peter Henry Rolfs (1916)
"In tropical countries, green gram or woolly pyrol, jack bean, manila bean, Bengal
bean, pigeon pea, and several other legumes are used. ..."
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