Lablab purpureus
       n : perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having
           trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike
           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 [syn: hyacinth
           bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Dolichos
           lablab]