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- Dictionarybean/biːn/
noun
- 1. an edible seed, typically kidney-shaped, growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants: "a tin of beans"
- 2. a leguminous plant that bears beans in pods.
verb
- 1. hit (someone) on the head: informal North American "she picked up a rock and beaned him on the forehead"
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BEAN definition: 1. a seed, or the pod containing seeds, of various climbing plants, eaten as a vegetable: 2. a…. Learn more.
1. a. : fava bean. b. : the seed of any of various erect or climbing plants (as of the genera Phaseolus and Vigna) of the legume family other than the fava bean. c. : a plant bearing beans. d. : an immature bean pod used as a vegetable. 2. a. : a valueless item. beans plural : the least amount. didn't know beans about it. 3.
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. [1] They can be cooked in many different ways, [2] including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes throughout the world.
noun. the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus. a plant producing such seeds. the pod of such a plant, especially when immature and eaten as a vegetable. any of various other beanlike seeds or plants, as the coffee bean.
noun. /biːn/ Idioms. a seed, or pod containing seeds, of a climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable. There are several types of bean and the plants that they grow on are also called beans. green beans. runner beans. beans (= baked beans) on toast. a can/tin of beans. She grows her own broad beans. see also snap bean Topics Food a2.
A bean is a seed you can eat. You might love garbanzo beans but detest large, green lima beans. When you order rice and beans at a Mexican restaurant, you get a plate full of deliciously spiced, slightly mashed pinto or black beans.
1. countable noun [usually plural, usually adjective NOUN] A2. Beans such as green beans, French beans, or broad beans are the seeds of a climbing plant or the long thin cases which contain those seeds. 2. countable noun [usually plural, usually noun NOUN] A2. Beans such as soya beans and kidney beans are the dried seeds of a bean plant.
