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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A twining, herbaceous, trifoliate bean, Botor tetragonoloba, having a tuberous root and legumes with four longitudinal ruffled wings. The tender, green, succulent pods are cooked as a vegetable in the Philippine islands and the island of Guam. In India they are pickled and the seeds are also eaten. Also called seguidillas.

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