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  1. noun Any of various New World twining herbs of the genus Phaseolus in the pea family, having leaves with three leaflets, variously colored flowers, and edible pods and seeds.
  2. noun A seed or pod of any of these plants.
  3. noun Any of several related plants or their seeds or pods, such as the adzuki bean, broad bean, or soybean.
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  • The lima bean is another large bean advertised by the devil for you to eat. which will almost burst the lining of the stomach and intestines of a Texas bull.
  • Original tart will please Pinkberry fans, though it might not be as tangy as the cult favorite, while the vanilla bean is a sweet surprise. —  Simi Valley Acorn
  • This means that you can execute additional logic when the bean is autowired: —  fullasagoog.com full roast blend
  • The nutritional values of wheat, rice and soya bean are all known to be reduced by the chemical. —  EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
  • I think in Grenada they plant for high yield, and not for quality, for the bean is small and approaches the inferior Calabacillo breed. —  Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer
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  1. Middle English ben, broad bean, from Old English bēan; see bha-bhā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English bene, ben, from Anglo-Saxon beán = Dutch boon = Middle Low German bone = Old High German bōna, Middle High German bōne, German bohne = Icelandic baun = Swedish böna = Danish bönne, bean. Cf. Welsh ffaen, plural ffa; Latin faba = Old Bulgarian Russian bobǔ = Old Prussian babo, a bean.
 

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