Definition of vigna Vigna
/vɪˈgnʌ/ - [vignu] -
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What does vigna mean?
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| vigna - genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus | ||
| genus Vigna | ||
| rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae | ||
| moth bean, phaseolus aconitifolius, vigna aconitifolia East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus | ||
| adsuki bean, adzuki bean, phaseolus angularis, vigna angularis bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds | ||
| corkscrew flower, phaseolus caracalla, snail-flower, snail bean, snail flower, snailflower, vigna caracalla perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus | ||
| golden gram, green gram, mung, mung bean, phaseolus aureus, vigna radiata erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus | ||
| cowpea plant, vigna sinensis, vigna unguiculata, black-eyed pea, cowpea eaten fresh as shell beans or dried | ||
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