horse bean

horse bean

n.

See fava bean.

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horse bean

or

horsebean

n

(Plants) another name for broad bean

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fa′va bean`

(ˈfɑ və)
n.

1. a bean, Vicia faba, of the Old World, bearing large pods containing edible seeds.

2. the seed or pod of this plant. Also called broad bean , horse bean.

[1940–45; < Italian < Latin faba]

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Noun

1.

horse bean - a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder broad bean fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia faba, broad bean - Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder

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