Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Lablab \Lab"lab\ (l[a^]b"l[a^]b), n. (Bot.)
an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants
related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth
bean ({Dolichos Lablab}).
Hyacinth \Hy"a*cinth\, n. [L. hyacinthus a kind of flower, prob.
the iris, gladiolus, or larkspur, also a kind of gem, perh.
the sapphire; as, a proper name, Hyacinthus, a beautiful
Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, fr. Gr. ?, ?: cf. F.
hyacinthe. Cf. {Jacinth}. The hyacinth was fabled to have
sprung from the blood of Hyacinthus, who was accidentally
slain by Apollo.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A bulbous plant of the genus {Hyacinthus}, bearing
beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. {H. orientalis}
is a common variety.
(b) A plant of the genus {Camassia} ({C. Farseri}), called
also {Eastern camass}; wild hyacinth.
(c) The name also given to {Scilla Peruviana}, a
Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces
white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from
a mistake as to its origin, {Hyacinth of Peru}.
2. (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem.
See {Zircon}.
{Hyacinth bean} (Bot.), a climbing leguminous plant
({Dolichos Lablab}), related to the true bean. It has dark
purple flowers and fruit.
Source : WordNet®
Dolichos lablab
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}, {bonavist}, {Indian bean}, {Egyptian bean}, {Lablab
purpureus}]