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lablab

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lab⋅lab

[lab-lab]

Origin:
1815–25; < Ar lablāb

hyacinth bean

–noun
an Old World tropical vine, Dolichos lablab, of the legume family, having purple or white flowers and black or white seeds in a papery, beaked pod.
Also called bonavist, lablab.
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hyacinth bean  
n.  A twining vine (Dolichos lablab) of the Old World tropics, having purple or white flowers and edible pods and seeds. Also called lablab.
lab·lab   (lāb'lāb')   
n.  See hyacinth bean.

[Arabic lablāb.]
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