Meanings
plural winged beans
- A tropical legume of species Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, having clusters of purple flowers and pods with four jagged wings
Synonyms: asparagus pea, Goa bean, Goa bean vine, Manila bean, winged pea
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tropical legume of species Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, having clusters of purple flowers and pods with four jagged wings
More synonyms by meaning
nouna tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 四棱豆
- 四棱豆 (sìléngdòu)legume
Finnish siipipapu
- siipipapulegume
French pois carré, haricot ailé
- pois carrélegume
- haricot ailélegume
Hawaiian palānaka
- palānakalegume
Indonesian kecipir, kacang botor
- kecipirlegume
- kacang botorlegume
- kacang belimbinglegume
Japanese 四角豆
- 四角豆 (shikakumame)legume
Malay kacang botol
- kacang botollegume
Tagalog cigarillas, kalamismis
- cigarillaslegume
- kalamismislegume
Tamil சிறகு அவரை
- சிறகு அவரை (ciṟaku avarai)legume
Thai ถั่วพู
- ถั่วพู (tùua-puu)legume
Vietnamese đậu rồng
- đậu rồnglegume
Cite this entry
winged bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winged%20bean
“winged bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winged%20bean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “winged bean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winged%20bean.
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