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EDIBLE BEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
Synonyms:
bean; edible bean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("edible bean" is a kind of...):
legume (the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "edible bean"):
goa bean (Old World tropical bean)
golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo (seed of the mung bean plant used for food)
common bean (any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried)
soy; soya; soya bean; soybean (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))
Holonyms ("edible bean" is a part of...):
bean; bean plant (any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods)
