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Noun: moth bean
  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
    - Vigna aconitifolia, Phaseolus aconitifolius, matki [Asia]

Derived forms: moth beans

Type of: legume, leguminous plant

Part of: genus Vigna, Vigna

Encyclopedia: Moth bean

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