broad bean (redirected from Broad beans)

broad bean also broad·bean (brôdbn)

n. In both senses also called fava bean, horse bean.

1. An annual Old World plant (Vicia faba) in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves, white flowers with lateral purplish blotches, and long thick pods.

2. The edible seed or green pod of this plant. It is the bean of antiquity.

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broad bean

Noun

the large edible flattened seed of a Eurasian bean plant

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	broad bean - seed of the broad-bean plant         fava bean, horsebean 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.	broad bean - Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia faba horse bean, broad bean - a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder shell bean, shell bean plant - a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod genus Vicia, Vicia - widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs broad bean, fava bean, horsebean - seed of the broad-bean plant
	3.	broad bean - a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder horse 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
	4.	broad bean - shell beans cooked as lima beans fava bean shell bean - unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking

Translations

broad bean n → haba

broad bean broad n → fève f

broad bean n → dicke Bohne f, Saubohne f

broad bean n → fava