- broad bean
- noun1. seed of the broad-bean plant• Hypernyms: ↑bean• Part Holonyms: ↑broad-bean, ↑broad-bean plant, ↑English bean, ↑European bean, ↑field bean, ↑Vicia faba2. 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, ↑shell bean plant• Member Holonyms: ↑Vicia, ↑genus Vicia• Part Meronyms: ↑horse bean, ↑fava bean, ↑horsebean3. a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder• Syn: ↑horse bean• Hypernyms: ↑fodder• Part Holonyms: ↑broad-bean, ↑broad-bean plant, ↑English bean, ↑European bean, ↑field bean, ↑Vicia faba4. shell beans cooked as lima beans• Syn: ↑fava bean• Hypernyms: ↑shell bean
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noun1. : a large smooth flattened edible seed that is a staple article of food in parts of southern Europe — called also fava bean, horsebean; see favism2. : 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* * *
broad bean nounA plant (Vicia faba) of the family Leguminosae, or one of its large flat edible seeds which grow in pods• • •Main Entry: ↑broad* * *
a large flat bean with a pale green skin* * *
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.* * *
n.1) a large edible flat green bean that is typically eaten without the pod. Also called , horsebean2) the plant that yields these beans, often cultivated in gardens. ● Vicia faba, family Leguminosae* * *
noun, pl ⋯ beans [count]chiefly Brit : ↑fava bean* * *
See also: ↑fava bean
Useful english dictionary. 2012.