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 I. (noun) 

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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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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("English bean" 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 "English bean"):

broad bean; horse bean (a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder)

broad bean; fava bean; horsebean (seed of the broad-bean plant)

Holonyms ("English bean" is a member of...):

genus Vicia; Vicia (widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs)

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