What does hyacinth bean mean?
• HYACINTH BEAN (noun) The noun HYACINTH BEAN has 1 sense: 1. perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like 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 Familiarity information: HYACINTH BEAN used as a noun is very rare.