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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various beans cultivated for their edible seeds rather than their pods.
 - noun A seed from one of these plants.
 
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking
 - noun a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
 
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