winged bean (redirected from winged beans)

winged bean

n.

See asparagus pea.

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Noun

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winged bean - a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics goa bean, goa bean vine, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, winged pea goa bean - Old World tropical bean genus Psophocarpus, Psophocarpus - species of tropical Asian and African climbing herbs vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface