'Manila bean' definitions:
Definition of 'Manila bean'
From: WordNet
noun
A tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics [syn: winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus]
Definition of 'manila bean'
From: GCIDE
- manila bean \manila bean\ n. A tuberous-rooted twining annual vine ({Psophocarpus tetragonolobus}) bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics.
- Syn: winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus. [WordNet 1.5]