MOTH BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moth bean mean? 

• MOTH BEAN (noun)
  The noun MOTH BEAN has 1 sense:

1. 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 Phaseolus

  Familiarity information: MOTH BEAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTH BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

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 Phaseolus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

moth bean; Phaseolus aconitifolius; Vigna aconitifolia

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)