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    MOTH BEAN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolusplay

    Synonyms:

    moth bean; Phaseolus aconitifolius; Vigna aconitifolia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

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

    genus Vigna; Vigna (genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus)

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