FLORIDA BEAN - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] annual semi-woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing

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	Synonyms:	Bengal bean, Benghal bean, cowage, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean

	See Also:	mucuna

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Flor"i*da bean"\ (Bot.) (a) The large, roundish, flattened seed of {Mucuna urens}. See under {Bean}. (b) One of the very large seeds of the {Entada scandens}.