snuffbox bean
noun
1
: a sea bean that is the large seed of a tropical liana
2
: a plant (Entada phaseoloides or E. scandens) bearing the snuffbox bean and having tough ropy stems, pinnate leaves ending in a tendril, small spicate flowers, and gigantic sword-shaped woody pods divided into boxlike compartments
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