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bean - any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans |
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seed a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
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coumara nut,
tonka bean tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring
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algarobilla,
algarroba,
algarrobilla mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela
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calabar bean,
ordeal bean dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft
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divi-divi small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin
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algarroba,
algarroba bean,
carob,
carob bean,
locust bean,
locust pod mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela
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soy,
soya bean,
soybean the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)
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broad bean,
fava bean,
horsebean a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder
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bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods |
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legume,
leguminous plant the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
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fabaceae,
family fabaceae,
family leguminosae,
legume family,
leguminosae,
pea family a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
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bean,
edible bean any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
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bush bean a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports
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pole bean a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis
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shell bean,
shell bean plant unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking
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bean - any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food |
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legume the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
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bean,
bean plant any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
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goa bean Old World tropical bean
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common bean any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried
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soy,
soya,
soya bean,
soybean the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)
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bean - hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball |
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hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
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