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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of leguminous plants of the tribe Phaseoleæ and subtribe Euphaseoleæ, characterized by the spiral keel and by the continuation of the bearded style above the stigma into a large and oblique hollow hood.
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- noun African woody vines: calabar beans
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