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noun
A bean plant grown for its edible seeds, which are removed from the pod before cooking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The edible seed itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fresh bean
Narrower terms: lima bean, sieva bean, butter bean, butterbean, civet bean, fava bean, broad bean, green soybean
noun
a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: shell bean plant
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Broader terms: bean, bean plant
Narrower terms: lima bean, lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis, sieva bean, butter bean, butter-bean plant, Phaseolus lunatus, tepary bean, Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius, broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia faba
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