horsebean

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Noun1.horsebean - seed of the broad-bean planthorsebean - seed of the broad-bean plant  
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
bean - any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
2.horsebean - large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowershorsebean - large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States
genus Parkinsonia, Parkinsonia - small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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In the vegetable crops, the Cu mean concentration was lettuce > horsebean > cauliflower > scallion > cabbage, with mean values of 22.2, 11.9, 9.7, 7.8, and 3.38 mg x [kg.sup.-1] (based on dry weight), respectively.
Influence of extrusion on ruminal and intestinal disappearance of amino acids in whole horsebean. Can.
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