Definitions for winged bean
winged bean

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1. winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobusnoun

   a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics

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1. winged beannoun

   A tropical legume, , having clusters of purple flowers and pods with four jagged wings

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1. Winged bean

   The winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), also known as cigarillas, goa bean, four-angled bean, four-cornered bean, manila bean, princess bean, asparagus pea, dragon bean, is a tropical herbaceous legume plant. Winged bean is widely recognised by farmers and consumers in South Asia for its variety of uses and disease resistance. Winged bean is nutrient-rich and all parts of the plant are edible. The leaves can be eaten like spinach, flowers can be used in salads, tubers can be eaten raw or cooked, and seeds can be used in similar ways as the soybean. The winged bean is an underutilised species but has the potential to become a major multi-use food crop in the tropics of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

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1. Winged bean

   The Winged bean, also known as the Goa bean and Asparagus pea, Four-angled bean and Winged pea, is a tropical legume plant native to New Guinea. It grows abundantly in hot, humid equatorial countries, from the Philippines and Indonesia to India, Burma, Thailand and Sri Lanka. It does well in humid tropics with high rainfall. There are also varieties that can be grown in most areas of the U.S.. The winged bean plant grows as a vine with climbing stems and leaves, 3–4 m in height. It is an herbaceous perennial, but can be grown as an annual. It is generally taller and notably larger than the Common bean. The bean pod is typically 15–22 cm long and has four wings with frilly edges running lengthwise. The skin is waxy and the flesh partially translucent in the young pods. When the pod is fully ripe, it turns an ash-brown color and splits open to release the seeds. The large flower is a pale blue. The beans themselves are similar to soybeans in both use and nutritional content. The plant is one of the best nitrogen fixers with nodulation accomplished by the soil bacterium Rhizobium. Because of its ability to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, the plant requires very little or no fertilizers.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of winged bean in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of winged bean in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=winged bean
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Winged_Bean
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_Bean
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=winged bean