European bean

European bean
noun
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
Hypernyms: ↑shell bean, ↑shell bean plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Vicia, ↑genus Vicia
Part Meronyms: ↑broad bean, ↑horse bean, ↑fava bean, ↑horsebean

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