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winged bean
noun
- a tropical Asian vine, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, of the legume family, of which the pods, seeds, leaves, and flowers are edible and nutritious.
- the pod of this plant, having four flangelike longitudinal extensions.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of winged bean1
First recorded in 1905–10
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