Bonavist

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bonavist
       n : perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having
           trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike
           flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as
           an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian
           subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos [syn: {hyacinth


           bean}, {Indian bean}, {Egyptian bean}, {Lablab purpureus},
            {Dolichos lablab}]