Meanings
plural hyacinth beans
- A climbing leguminous plant (Lablab purpureus), with white or dark purple flowers, native to Africa, widely cultivated in the tropics.
Synonyms: Indian bean
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA climbing leguminous plant (Lablab purpureus), with white or dark purple flowers, native to Africa, widely cultivated in the tropics.
More synonyms by meaning
nounperennial 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek the Ancients only knew the cowpea, perhaps extending its names in a generic fashion.
- the Ancients only knew the cowpeathe plant or its produce of seed
- perhaps extending its names in a generic fashion.the plant or its produce of seed
Arabic لَبْلَاب
- لَبْلَاب (lablāb)the plant or its produce of seed
Bengali শিম
- শিম (śim)the plant or its produce of seed
Chinese 扁豆
- 扁豆 (biǎndòu)the plant or its produce of seed
Danish hjelmbønne
- hjelmbønnethe plant or its produce of seed
Dutch koelieboontjes
- koelieboontjesthe plant or its produce of seed
Finnish hyasinttipapu
- hyasinttipaputhe plant or its produce of seed
German Helmbohne
- Helmbohnethe plant or its produce of seed
Hungarian bivalyborsó
- bivalyborsóthe plant or its produce of seed
Indonesian kacang komak, kacang bado
- kacang komakthe plant or its produce of seed
- kacang badothe plant or its produce of seed
- kacang bidukthe plant or its produce of seed
- bitsuwelasthe plant or its produce of seed
- batawthe plant or its produce of seed
Japanese 藤豆
- 藤豆 (fujimame)the plant or its produce of seed
Latin the Ancients only knew the cowpea, perhaps extending its names in a generic fashion.
- the Ancients only knew the cowpeathe plant or its produce of seed
- perhaps extending its names in a generic fashion.the plant or its produce of seed
Polish wspięga pospolita, fasolnik egipski
- wspięga pospolitathe plant or its produce of seed
- fasolnik egipskithe plant or its produce of seed
- chropawiec pospolitythe plant or its produce of seed
Russian ло́бия, гиаци́нтовые бобы́
- ло́бия (lóbija)the plant or its produce of seed
- гиаци́нтовые бобы́ (giacíntovyje bobý)the plant or its produce of seed
Swedish hjälmböna
- hjälmbönathe plant or its produce of seed
Tagalog bataw
- batawthe plant or its produce of seed
Tamil அவரை
- அவரை (avarai)the plant or its produce of seed
Ukrainian гіаци́нтові боби́
- гіаци́нтові боби́ (hiacýntovi bobý)the plant or its produce of seed
Cite this entry
hyacinth bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyacinth%20bean
“hyacinth bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyacinth%20bean. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyacinth bean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyacinth%20bean.
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