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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Vigna, genus Vignanoun

    genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus

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  1. Vigna

    Vigna is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. It includes some well-known cultivated species, including many types of beans. Some are former members of the genus Phaseolus. According to Hortus Third, Vigna differs from Phaseolus in biochemistry and pollen structure, and in details of the style and stipules. Vigna is also commonly confused with the genus Dolichos, but the two differ in stigma structure.Vigna are herbs or occasionally subshrubs. The leaves are pinnate, divided into 3 leaflets. The inflorescence is a raceme of yellow, blue, or purple pea flowers. The fruit is a legume pod of varying shape containing seeds.Familiar food species include the adzuki bean (V. angularis), the black gram (V. mungo), the cowpea (V. unguiculata, including the variety known as the black-eyed pea), and the mung bean (V. radiata). Each of these may be used as a whole bean, a bean paste, or as bean sprouts. The genus is named after Domenico Vigna, a seventeenth-century Italian botanist and director of the Orto botanico di Pisa.

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  1. vigna

    Vigna is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes a variety of species that are commonly known as peas and beans. These plants are often grown as vegetables or for livestock feed. Some common species of Vigna include Vigna radiata (mung bean), Vigna unguiculata (cowpea), and Vigna subterranea (Bambara groundnut). Vigna plants are a good source of protein and are often used in rotation with other crops due to their ability to fix nitrogen in the soil.

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  1. Vigna

    Vigna is a genus of plant that includes a number of cultivated legumes. It is in the family Fabaceae. It includes some well-known and other less well-known beans formerly — and sometimes still, especially in non-scholarly sources — included in the genus Phaseolus. These flowers are a common name in this genus reflect its mixed taxonomic history: some are referred to as "peas" and others as "beans". The urad bean is sometimes called a "lentil", while germinating mung bean are often sold as corn bean sprouts similar to those of the soybean. According to Hortus Third, Vigna differs from Phaseolus in details of the pollen and biochemistry, the thickened part of the style being less strong, and stipules that are often appendaged. The genus is named after Domenico Vigna, an Italian botanist lived in Pisa in the 17th century.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. VIGNA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Vigna is ranked #26671 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Vigna surname appeared 913 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Vigna.

    92.7% or 847 total occurrences were White.
    4.7% or 43 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.4% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vigna in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vigna in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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