(n)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, Syn.Egyptian bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab
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a. 1. Like or characteristic of a knave{ 3 }; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick. “Knavish politicians.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]