noun
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
• Syn: ↑broad bean, ↑broad-bean, ↑broad-bean plant, ↑English bean, ↑field bean, ↑Vicia faba
• Hypernyms: ↑shell bean, ↑shell bean plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Vicia, ↑genus Vicia
• Part Meronyms: ↑broad bean, ↑horse bean, ↑fava bean, ↑horsebean
Useful english dictionary. 2012.