Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of the small so-called sea-beans, Mucuna urens, often found floating in the ocean or washed up on shore in tropical America, and used in jewelry.
  • noun The fruit of another leguminous plant, Dolichos Lablab, a native of the East Indies.

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