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for Egyptian bean
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Egyptian \E*gyp"tian\, a. [L. Aegyptius, Gr. ?, fr. ? (L.
Aegyptus) Egypt: cf. F. ['e]gyptien. Cf. Gypsy.]
Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.
[1913 Webster]
Egyptian bean. (Bot.)
(a) The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant ({Nelumbium
speciosum), somewhat resembling the water lily.
(b) See under Bean, 1.
Egyptian cross. See Illust. (No. 6) of Cross.
Egyptian+thorn+(Bot.),+a+medium-sized+tree+({Acacia+vera">Egyptian thorn (Bot.), a medium-sized tree ({Acacia vera).
It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
Egyptian bean
n 1: perennial 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 [syn:
hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian
bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab]
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