haricot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans
  2. noun a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried
    flageolet.

WordNet


Har"i*cot noun
Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
  2. The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.

Webster 1913