broad bean

broad bean
noun
1. seed of the broad-bean plant
• Syn: ↑fava bean, ↑horsebean
• Hypernyms: ↑bean
2. 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: ↑horse bean, ↑fava bean, ↑horsebean
3. a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder
• Syn: ↑horse bean
• Hypernyms: ↑fodder
4. shell beans cooked as lima beans
• Syn: ↑fava bean
• Hypernyms: ↑shell bean

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noun
1. : a large smooth flattened edible seed that is a staple article of food in parts of southern Europe — called also fava bean, horsebean; see favism
2. : a sturdy upright vetch (Vicia faba) that is widely cultivated chiefly in the Old World both for the broad beans which it bears in long pods and as fodder

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broad bean noun
A plant (Vicia faba) of the family Leguminosae, or one of its large flat edible seeds which grow in pods
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Main Entry: ↑broad

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broad bean UK US noun [countable] [singular broad bean plural broad beans] british
a large flat bean with a pale green skin
Thesaurus: beans, lentils and peashyponym types of food or drinkhypernym

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broad bean,
1. a smooth, kidney-shaped, laterally flattened, edible seed borne in long pods by an Old World plant of the pea family, used as a vegetable; horse bean; fava bean.
2. the plant it grows on.

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n.
1) a large edible flat green bean that is typically eaten without the pod. Also called , horsebean
2) the plant that yields these beans, often cultivated in gardens. ● Vicia faba, family Leguminosae

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noun, pl ⋯ beans [count]
chiefly Brit : ↑fava bean

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ˌbroad ˈbean [broad bean broad beans] (BrE) (NAmE ˈfava bean) noun
a type of round, pale green ↑bean. Several broad beans grow together inside a fat ↑pod.
See also: ↑fava bean

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • broad bean — brȯd .bēn n the large flat edible seed of an Old World upright vetch (Vicia faba) also this plant widely grown for its seeds and as fodder called also fava bean see FAVISM * * * 1. Vicia faba. 2. the seed of V. faba …   Medical dictionary

  • broad bean — [ US ˈ. .] n BrE a round pale green bean …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • broad bean — noun count BRITISH a large flat bean with a pale green skin …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • broad bean — broad′ bean n. pln fava bean • Etymology: 1775–85 …   From formal English to slang

  • broad bean — ► NOUN ▪ a large flat green bean which is usually eaten without the pod …   English terms dictionary

  • broad bean — n. a plant (Vicia faba) of the pea family, bearing large, broad pods with flat, edible seeds, used for fodder and as a vegetable * * * …   Universalium

  • broad bean — n. a plant (Vicia faba) of the pea family, bearing large, broad pods with flat, edible seeds, used for fodder and as a vegetable …   English World dictionary

  • broad-bean — noun Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder • Syn: ↑broad bean, ↑broad bean plant, ↑English bean, ↑European bean, ↑field bean, ↑Vicia faba • Hypernyms: ↑shell bean, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • broad bean — noun An edible bean that has broad seeds. The term Bean originally referred to the seed of the broad bean. Syn: horse bean, fava bean, faba bean, field bean, tic bean …   Wiktionary

  • broad bean — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms broad bean : singular broad bean plural broad beans British a large flat bean with a pale green skin …   English dictionary

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