Egyptian bean
- noun
- Indian
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frijol egipcio
- Gardeners often grow the Egyptian bean for its attractive purple flowers and edible beans.
Examples
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The Egyptian bean is prized in Indian cuisine for its tender pods and seeds.
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The Egyptian bean plant grows rapidly in warm climates.
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Many traditional dishes in South Asia incorporate the nutritious Egyptian bean.
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Many gardeners love to cultivate Egyptian beans for their vibrant flowers.
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Gardeners often grow the Egyptian bean for its attractive purple flowers and edible beans.
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Many traditional dishes in South Asia incorporate the nutritious Egyptian bean.
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The Egyptian bean is prized in Indian cuisine for its tender pods and seeds.
Synonyms
A climbing plant with fragrant purple flowers and maroon edible pods often grown as a garden plant and vegetable
A climbing plant with three-part leaves, purple pea-like flowers, and seeds in dark red pods
A climbing plant with purple flowers and dark red pods that contain edible beans and is grown in gardens
A climbing plant with purple flowers and dark red pods containing edible seeds
A climbing plant with purple flowers and pods that hold edible seeds
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is transparently compositional: 'Egyptian' simply specifies origin or association and 'bean' names the edible seed, so the overall meaning is a type/kind of bean related to Egypt or named as such. This is a literal modifier+noun construction following common cross-linguistic patterns and contains no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows the words will understand it.
Etymology
Egyptian bean probably got its name from old trade stories: merchants brought the purple-flowered vine from the land of the pharaohs, so people called it 'Egyptian' to show it came from far away. That's why today Egyptian bean refers to this climbing plant with bright purple flowers and edible seeds.
