winged bean

noun

: 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. 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

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of winged bean was in 1910

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“Winged bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winged%20bean. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.

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