goa bean


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Noun1.goa bean - a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wingsgoa bean - a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
goa bean vine, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, winged bean, winged pea
goa bean - Old World tropical bean
genus Psophocarpus, Psophocarpus - species of tropical Asian and African climbing herbs
vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
2.goa bean - Old World tropical bean
bean, edible bean - any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
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
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