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1. seed of the broad-bean plant

2. Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder

3. a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder

4. shell beans cooked as lima beans

1. : a large smooth flattened edible seed that is a staple article of food in parts of southern Europe — called also fava bean, horsebean; see favism

2. : a sturdy upright vetch (Vicia faba) that is widely cultivated chiefly in the Old World both for the broad beans which it bears in long pods and as fodder

broad bean noun

A plant (Vicia faba) of the family Leguminosae, or one of its large flat edible seeds which grow in pods

Main Entry: ↑broad

broad bean UK US noun [countable] [singular broad bean plural broad beans] british

a large flat bean with a pale green skin

Thesaurus: beans, lentils and peas_hyponym types of food or drink_hypernym

broad bean,

1. a smooth, kidney-shaped, laterally flattened, edible seed borne in long pods by an Old World plant of the pea family, used as a vegetable; horse bean; fava bean.

2. the plant it grows on.

1) a large edible flat green bean that is typically eaten without the pod. Also called , horsebean

2) the plant that yields these beans, often cultivated in gardens. ● Vicia faba, family Leguminosae

noun, pl ⋯ beans [count]

chiefly Brit : ↑fava bean

ˌbroad ˈbean [broad bean broad beans] (BrE) (NAmE ˈfava bean) noun

a type of round, pale green ↑bean. Several broad beans grow together inside a fat ↑pod.

See also: ↑fava bean