| Noun | 1. | Indian bean - tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods Synonyms: catalpa |
| 2. | Indian bean - perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike 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 |