bean
Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
Other meanings
The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean or garbanzo bean).
The edible seedpod of such a plant.
“Green beans, also called French beans, can be pickled.”
Synonyms
- edible bean
A kind of
- legume
Kinds of bean
- green bean
- common bean
- soy
Word history
From Old English "bēan".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bean” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.