| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.[Wordnet]
2. 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.[Wordnet]. | |
| Expression | 1. (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.[Websters]. | |
Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Top | |
Common Expressions: Indian bean
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Indian bean | 1: (Bot.), a name of the catalpa. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| 3: 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. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
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