: an Asian twining legume (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) cultivated in warm regions for its edible high-protein 4-winged pods
also
: its pod
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The photo of a spider web in a winged bean plant was taken during Covid-19 lockdown in Sri Lanka.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
There’s a great Thai dish called winged bean salad, or yum tuapu.
—Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 7 Sep. 2020
Asia was home to adzuki, soybeans, winged beans, mung and urad dal, and Africa produced cowpeas, yard-long beans, pigeon peas, Dolichos lablab beans and black-eyed peas.
—Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 14 Mar. 2018
Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
There’s a great Thai dish called winged bean salad, or yum tuapu.
—Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 7 Sep. 2020
Asia was home to adzuki, soybeans, winged beans, mung and urad dal, and Africa produced cowpeas, yard-long beans, pigeon peas, Dolichos lablab beans and black-eyed peas.
—Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 14 Mar. 2018
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First Known Use
1910, in the meaning defined above
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