Bean
n.
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A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs. (Bot.)
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The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
Phrases & Compounds
- Bean aphis
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a plant louse (Aphis fabæ) which infests the bean plant.
- Bean fly
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a fly found on bean flowers.
- Bean goose
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a species of goose (Anser segetum).
- Bean weevil
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a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species is Bruchus fabæ.
- Florida bean
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the seed of Mucuna urens, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments.
- Ignatius bean
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a species of Strychnos.
- Navy bean
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the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy.
- Pea bean
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a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size.
- Sacred bean
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See under Sacred.
- Screw bean
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See under Screw.
- Sea bean
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Same as Florida bean.
- Tonquin bean
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the fragrant seed of Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree.
- Vanilla bean
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See under Vanilla.