sea bean

sea bean
noun
1.
a. : any of various beans or showy seeds of tropical origin that are frequently carried by ocean currents to remote shores and often used as ornaments: as
(1) : the large chocolate-colored seed of a snuffbox bean used in poultices and as an emetic
b. : a plant producing sea beans
2. : the hard flat rounded calcareous operculum of any of various mollusks (as those of the family Turbinidae)

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sea bean noun
1. The cacoon (genus Entada) or other seed cast up by the sea
2. A mollusc's operculum, worn as an amulet
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Main Entry: ↑sea

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sea bean,
1. the large, hard, beanlike edible seed of a tropical, leguminous climbing plant often carried by ocean currents to distant shores.
2. the plant producing this seed.
3. any one of various small univalve shells somewhat resembling coffee beans.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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