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Noun: winged bean
  1. A tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
    - winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Derived forms: winged beans

Type of: vine

Part of: genus Psophocarpus, Psophocarpus

Encyclopedia: Winged bean