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noun
Any of several varieties of bean viewed (in a region's agroeconomy) as a commodity crop grown at scale in farm fields, whether as a food crop, fodder crop, or both; as:
The hyacinth bean: Lablab purpureus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: loose
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noun
Any of several varieties of bean viewed (in a region's agroeconomy) as a commodity crop grown at scale in farm fields, whether as a food crop, fodder crop, or both; as:
A string bean, especially Phaseolus vulgaris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: loose
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noun
Any of several varieties of bean viewed (in a region's agroeconomy) as a commodity crop grown at scale in farm fields, whether as a food crop, fodder crop, or both; as:
The broad bean: Vicia faba.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: loose
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noun
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, Vicia faba
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Broader terms: shell bean, shell bean plant
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