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BROAD-BEAN PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
Synonyms:
broad-bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; English bean; European bean; field bean; Vicia faba
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Hypernyms ("broad-bean plant" is a kind of...):
shell bean; shell bean plant (a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod)
Meronyms (parts of "broad-bean plant"):
broad bean; horse bean (a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder)
broad bean; fava bean; horsebean (seed of the broad-bean plant)
Holonyms ("broad-bean plant" is a member of...):
genus Vicia; Vicia (widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs)