01 n. A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
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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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2.
The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
Phrases & compounds
Bean aphis —
a plant louse (Aphis fabæ) which infests the bean plant.
Bean fly —
a fly found on bean flowers.
Bean goose —
a species of goose (Anser segetum).
Bean weevil —
a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species is Bruchus fabæ.
Florida bean —
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 —
a species of Strychnos.
Navy bean —
the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy.
Pea bean —
a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size.
Sacred bean —
See under Sacred.
Screw bean —
See under Screw.
Sea bean —
Same as Florida bean.
Tonquin bean —
the fragrant seed of Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree.
Vanilla bean —
See under Vanilla.