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VIGNA UNGUICULATA SESQUIPEDALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis mean? 

VIGNA UNGUICULATA SESQUIPEDALIS (noun)
  The noun VIGNA UNGUICULATA SESQUIPEDALIS has 1 sense:

1. South American bean having very long succulent podsplay

  Familiarity information: VIGNA UNGUICULATA SESQUIPEDALIS used as a noun is very rare.


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VIGNA UNGUICULATA SESQUIPEDALIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

South American bean having very long succulent pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

asparagus bean; Vigna sesquipedalis; Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis; yard-long bean

Hypernyms ("Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis" 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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