Source : WordNet®

bonavist
     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}, {Indian bean}, {Egyptian bean}, {Lablab purpureus},
          {Dolichos lablab}]