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GOA BEAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World tropical bean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("goa bean" is a kind of...):

bean; edible bean (any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food)

Holonyms ("goa bean" is a part of...):

goa bean; goa bean vine; Manila bean; Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; winged bean; winged pea (a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics

Synonyms:

goa bean; goa bean vine; Manila bean; Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; winged bean; winged pea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("goa bean" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "goa bean"):

goa bean (Old World tropical bean)

Holonyms ("goa bean" is a member of...):

genus Psophocarpus; Psophocarpus (species of tropical Asian and African climbing herbs)

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