bean : Idioms & Phrases

• noun bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds
  Phaseolus angularis; Vigna angularis; adsuki bean.
  

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• noun bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds
  Phaseolus angularis; Vigna angularis; adsuki bean.
  

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• noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
  algarroba bean; carob bean; locust pod; algarroba; carob.
  

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• noun South American bean having very long succulent pods
  asparagus bean; Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis; Vigna sesquipedalis.
  

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• noun blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
  blackfly; Aphis fabae.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a plant louse (Aphis fabæ) which infests the bean plant.

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• noun introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant
  Epilachna varivestis; bean beetle.
  

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• noun a blight of bean plants
  halo spot; halo blight.
  

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• noun perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
  bean caper; Zygophyllum fabago.
  

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Bean" ca`per

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1. (Bot.) A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum.

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• noun an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures
  

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• noun cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk
  tofu.
  

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• noun a dip made of cooked beans
  

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• (Zoöl.), a fly found on bean flowers.

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• (Zoöl.), a species of goose (Anser segetum).

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• noun any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
  bean.
  

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• noun any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans
  

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• noun a flat tortilla topped with refried beans
  

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• noun state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
  Boston; Hub of the Universe; Beantown; capital of Massachusetts.
  

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• noun any of several trees having seedpods as fruits
  

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• noun shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed
  bean trefoil; Anagyris foetida.
  

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Bean" tre"foil

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1. (Bot.) A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida).

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• noun larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans
  Acanthoscelides obtectus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in Bruchus fabæ.

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• noun small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea
  family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae.
  

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• adjective satellite having a shape resembling a bean
  

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• noun the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
  Bengal bean; Benghal bean; cowage; Mucuna pruriens utilis; Florida bean; Stizolobium deeringiana; Mucuna deeringiana; Mucuna aterrima.
  

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• noun the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
  Bengal bean; Benghal bean; cowage; Mucuna pruriens utilis; Florida bean; Stizolobium deeringiana; Mucuna deeringiana; Mucuna aterrima.
  

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• noun black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried
  black bean.
  

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• . See Buck bean.

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• noun dried navy beans baked slowly with molasses and salt pork
  

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• noun seed of the broad-bean plant
  broad bean; horsebean.
  
• noun Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
  Vicia faba; European bean; English bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; broad-bean.
  
• noun a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder
  broad bean.
  
• noun shell beans cooked as lima beans
  broad bean.
  

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• noun Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
  Vicia faba; European bean; English bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; broad-bean.
  

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• noun Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
  Vicia faba; European bean; English bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; broad-bean.
  

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Buck" bean`

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1. (Bot.) A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racems of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean.

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• noun a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports
  

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• (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus). See Bean, 1.

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• noun bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
  butter bean; lima bean; butter-bean plant; Phaseolus lunatus.
  
• noun small flat green bean similar to lima beans
  butter bean; civet bean; butterbean.
  

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• noun bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
  butter bean; lima bean; butter-bean plant; Phaseolus lunatus.
  

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• noun seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate
  cacao bean.
  

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• noun dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft
  calabar bean.
  

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• The of a climbing legumious plant (Physostigma venenosum), a native of tropical Africa. It is highly poisonous. It is used to produce contraction of the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, and rheumatic diseases; called also ordeal bean, being used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft.

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• noun tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans
  Physostigma venenosum.
  

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• noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
  algarroba bean; carob bean; locust pod; algarroba; carob.
  

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• noun evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
  algarroba; Ceratonia siliqua; carob; carob tree.
  

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• noun the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil
  

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Cas"tor bean"

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1. (Bot.) The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)

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• noun large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
  palma christi; palma christ; Ricinus communis; castor-oil plant.
  

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• . See under Bean, 1.

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• noun small flat green bean similar to lima beans
  butter bean; civet bean; butterbean.
  

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• noun drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material
  Cyamopsis psoraloides; Cyamopsis tetragonolobus; guar.
  

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• noun seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate
  cacao bean.
  

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• noun a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
  coffee; coffee berry.
  

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• noun the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
  Phaseolus vulgaris; common bean.
  
• noun any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried
  

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• noun the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
  Phaseolus vulgaris; common bean.
  

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• noun shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
  coral bean; frijolito; Sophora secundiflora; frijolillo.
  

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• noun deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds
  Erythrina corallodendrum.
  

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• noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
  runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; Dutch case-knife bean; scarlet runner; Phaseolus multiflorus.
  

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• noun any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
  bean.
  

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• noun perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
  hyacinth bean; bonavist; Dolichos lablab; Egyptian bean; Lablab purpureus.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant (Nelumbium speciosum), somewhat resembling the water lily. (b) See under Bean, #1

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• noun Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
  Vicia faba; European bean; English bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; broad-bean.
  

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• noun long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
  runner bean; scarlet runner; English runner bean.
  

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• noun Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
  Vicia faba; European bean; English bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; broad-bean.
  

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• noun seed of the broad-bean plant
  broad bean; horsebean.
  
• noun shell beans cooked as lima beans
  broad bean.
  

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• noun Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
  Vicia faba; European bean; English bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; broad-bean.
  

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• noun the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
  Bengal bean; Benghal bean; cowage; Mucuna pruriens utilis; Florida bean; Stizolobium deeringiana; Mucuna deeringiana; Mucuna aterrima.
  

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• (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments.

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• noun very small and slender green bean
  haricots verts; haricot vert.
  

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• (Bot.), the common kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).

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• noun beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried
  

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• noun annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage
  jack bean; giant stock bean; Canavalia ensiformis.
  

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• noun a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
  Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; Manila bean; winged pea; goa bean; goa bean vine.
  
• noun Old World tropical bean
  

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• noun a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
  Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; Manila bean; winged pea; goa bean; goa bean vine.
  

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• noun immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable
  
• noun a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods
  

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• (Bot.), the plant henbane.

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• noun a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder
  broad bean.
  

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• (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean (Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses.

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• noun perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
  hyacinth bean; bonavist; Dolichos lablab; Egyptian bean; Lablab purpureus.
  

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• (Bot.), a climbing leguminous plant (Dolichos Lablab), related to the true bean. It has dark purple flowers and fruit.

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• noun ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America
  Inga edulis.
  

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Ig*na"tius bean`

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1. (Bot.) See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint.

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• (Bot.), a species of Strychnos.

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• noun tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
  catalpa.
  
• noun perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
  hyacinth bean; bonavist; Dolichos lablab; Egyptian bean; Lablab purpureus.
  

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• (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.

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• noun annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage
  jack bean; giant stock bean; Canavalia ensiformis.
  

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• noun sugar-glazed jellied candy
  jelly egg.
  

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• noun small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
  jumby tree; bead tree; Ormosia monosperma.
  

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• noun seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
  jumping seed; jumping bean.
  

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• a seed of a Mexican Euphorbia, containing the larva of a moth (Carpocapsa saltitans). The larva by its sudden movements causes the seed to roll to roll and jump about.

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• noun flat-podded green bean
  Kentucky wonder.
  

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• noun the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
  frijole; frijol.
  
• noun large dark red bean; usually dried
  

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• (Bot.), a sort of bean; so named from its shape. It is of the genus Phaseolus (P. vulgaris). See under Bean.

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• noun bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
  butter bean; lima bean; butter-bean plant; Phaseolus lunatus.
  
• noun bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
  lima bean; Phaseolus limensis.
  
• noun broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A variety of climbing or pole bean (Phaseolus lunatus), which has very large flattish seeds . (b) The seed of this plant, much used for food.

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• noun bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
  lima bean; Phaseolus limensis.
  

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• noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
  algarroba bean; carob bean; locust pod; algarroba; carob.
  

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• (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree.

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• noun a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
  Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; Manila bean; winged pea; goa bean; goa bean vine.
  

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• noun shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
  coral bean; frijolito; Sophora secundiflora; frijolillo.
  

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• noun introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant
  Epilachna varivestis; bean beetle.
  

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• noun seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
  jumping seed; jumping bean.
  

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• noun East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
  Vigna aconitifolia; Phaseolus aconitifolius.
  

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• noun erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
  mung; Vigna radiata; golden gram; green gram; Phaseolus aureus.
  

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• noun white-seeded bean; usually dried
  navy bean; pea bean.
  

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• the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy.
• . see Bean.

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• noun dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft
  calabar bean.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Calabar bean, under Calabar.

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• noun white-seeded bean; usually dried
  navy bean; pea bean.
  

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• a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; so called from its size.

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Pich"u*rim bean`

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1. (Bot.) The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut.

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• noun mottled or spotted bean of southwestern United States; usually dried
  

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• noun a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis
  

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• (Bot.), any kind of bean which is customarily trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the Lima bean.

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• noun dried beans cooked with pork and tomato sauce
  

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• noun twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
  potato bean; Pachyrhizus tuberosus.
  
• noun a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
  Indian potato; Apios tuberosa; groundnut; Apios americana; potato bean; groundnut vine.
  
• noun nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
  potato bean; groundnut.
  

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• noun dried beans cooked and mashed and then fried in lard with various seasonings
  frijoles refritos.
  

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• noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
  runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; Dutch case-knife bean; scarlet runner; Phaseolus multiflorus.
  
• noun long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
  runner bean; scarlet runner; English runner bean.
  

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• (Bot.), a seed of the Oriental lotus (Nelumbo speciosa or Nelimbium speciosum), a plant resembling a water lily; also, the plant itself. See Lotus.

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• (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines (Strychnos Ignatia), of properties similar to the nux vomica.

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• noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
  runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; Dutch case-knife bean; scarlet runner; Phaseolus multiflorus.
  
• noun long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
  runner bean; scarlet runner; English runner bean.
  

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• noun spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed
  
• noun shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
  screwbean; tornillo; Prosopis pubescens; screwbean mesquite.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree (Prosopis pubescens) growing from Texas to California. It is used for fodder, and ground into meal by the Indians. (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties.

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• . (a) Same as Florida bean. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament.

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• noun a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
  shell bean.
  
• noun unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking
  

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• noun a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
  shell bean.
  

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• noun bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
  butter bean; lima bean; butter-bean plant; Phaseolus lunatus.
  
• noun small flat green bean similar to lima beans
  butter bean; civet bean; butterbean.
  

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• (Bot.), the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars.

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• noun perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
  Phaseolus caracalla; snailflower; snail-flower; corkscrew flower; snail flower; Vigna caracalla.
  

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• noun tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
  snap.
  

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• noun erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia
  Glycine max; soybean plant; soja bean; soya; soybean; soy; soja.
  

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• noun a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
  soy; soybean.
  
• noun erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia
  Glycine max; soybean plant; soja bean; soya; soybean; soy; soja.
  
• noun the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)
  soy; soya; soybean.
  

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• (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

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• verb divulge confidential information or secrets
  let the cat out of the bag; peach; babble; babble out; tattle; blab out; sing; blab; talk.
  
  • Be careful--his secretary talks

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• noun shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed
  bean trefoil; Anagyris foetida.
  

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• noun green beans with strings that must be removed
  string bean.
  

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• noun green beans with strings that must be removed
  string bean.
  

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• . (a) A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds of beans; so called because the strings are stripped off . (b) Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low bush bean.

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• noun twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food
  Canavalia gladiata.
  

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• noun perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
  bean caper; Zygophyllum fabago.
  

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• noun twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans
  Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius.
  

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• a small bean used for feeding horses and other animals.

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Ton"ca bean`

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1. (Bot.) See Tonka bean.

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• noun fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla
  coumara nut.
  
• noun tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring
  Dipteryx odorata; tonka bean; Coumarouna odorata.
  

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Ton"ka bean`

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1. (Bot.) The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tiononquin bean. Written also tonca bean, tonga bean.

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• noun tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring
  Dipteryx odorata; tonka bean; Coumarouna odorata.
  

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Ton"quin bean`

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1. See Tonka bean.

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• the fragrant seed of Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree.

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• noun black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried
  black bean.
  

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• noun long bean-like fruit; seeds are used as flavoring
  

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• the long capsule of the vanilla plant.

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• noun the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
  Bengal bean; Benghal bean; cowage; Mucuna pruriens utilis; Florida bean; Stizolobium deeringiana; Mucuna deeringiana; Mucuna aterrima.
  

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• noun a common bean plant grown for its edible golden pod
  
• noun snap beans with yellow pods
  wax bean.
  

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• noun white-seeded bean; usually dried
  navy bean; pea bean.
  

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• noun a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
  Indian potato; Apios tuberosa; groundnut; Apios americana; potato bean; groundnut vine.
  
• noun nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
  potato bean; groundnut.
  

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• (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants, mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios.

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• . (Bot.) See under Bean.

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• noun a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
  Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; Manila bean; winged pea; goa bean; goa bean vine.
  

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• noun white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control
  white lupine; Egyptian lupine; field lupine; Lupinus albus.
  

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• noun annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage
  jack bean; giant stock bean; Canavalia ensiformis.
  

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• noun twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
  potato bean; Pachyrhizus tuberosus.
  
• noun Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils
  Pachyrhizus erosus.
  

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• noun South American bean having very long succulent pods
  asparagus bean; Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis; Vigna sesquipedalis.
  

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• noun snap beans with yellow pods
  wax bean.
  

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