'Bean' definitions:
Definition of 'bean'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food [syn: bean, edible bean]
noun
Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
noun
Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods [syn: bean, bean plant]
noun
verb
Hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
Definition of 'Bean'
From: GCIDE
- Bean \Bean\ (b[=e]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be['a]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[=o]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b["o]nne, Sw. b["o]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.]
- 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and China bean, included in Dolichos Sinensis; black Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, Dolichos Lablab; the common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole beans, all included in Phaseolus vulgaris; the lower bush bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus; Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, Phaseolus multiflorus; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, Faba vulgaris. [1913 Webster] As an article of food beans are classed with vegetables. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. [1913 Webster]
- Bean aphis (Zool.), a plant louse (Aphis fab[ae]) which infests the bean plant.
- Bean fly (Zool.), a fly found on bean flowers.
- Bean goose (Zool.), a species of goose (Anser segetum).
- Bean weevil (Zool.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species is {Bruchus fab[ae]}.
- Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments.
- Ignatius bean, or St. Ignatius's bean (Bot.), a species of Strychnos.
- Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy.
- Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size.
- Sacred bean. See under Sacred.
- Screw bean. See under Screw.
- Sea bean. (a) Same as Florida bean. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament.
- Tonquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree.
- Vanilla bean. See under Vanilla. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Bean'
- beans,
- Bean aphis,
- Bean caper,
- Bean fly,
- Bean goose,
- Bean trefoil,
- Bean weevil,
- Bog bean,
- Buck bean,
- Bush bean,
- Calabar bean,
- Castor bean,
- China bean,
- Egyptian bean,
- Florida bean,
- French bean,
- Hog's bean,
- Horse bean,
- Hyacinth bean,
- Ignatius bean,
- Indian bean,
- Jequirity bean,
- Jumping bean,
- Kidney bean,
- Lima bean,
- Locust bean,
- Mesquite bean,
- Mung bean,
- Navy bean,
- Pea bean,
- Pichurim bean,
- Pole bean,
- Sacred bean,
- Screw bean,
- Sea bean,
- Smoking bean,
- Spanish bean,
- String beans,
- Tick bean,
- Tom Bean,
- Tonca bean,
- Tonka bean,
- Tonquin bean,
- Vanilla bean,
- Wild bean,
- Windsor bean,
- adsuki bean,
- adzuki bean,
- algaroba bean,
- algarroba bean,
- asparagus bean,
- bean aphid,
- bean beetle,
- bean blight,
- bean counter,
- bean curd,
- bean dip,
- bean plant,
- bean pole,
- bean sprout,
- bean tostada,
- bean town,
- bean tree,
- bengal bean,
- benghal bean,
- black bean,
- broad bean,
- butter bean,
- cacao bean,
- carob bean,
- civet bean,
- cluster bean,
- cocoa bean,
- coffee bean,
- common bean,
- coral bean,
- edible bean,
- english bean,
- european bean,
- fava bean,
- field bean,
- fresh bean,
- full of beans,
- goa bean,
- green bean,
- hill of beans,
- jack bean,
- jelly bean,
- jumby bean,
- manila bean,
- mescal bean,
- moth bean,
- ordeal bean,
- pinto bean,
- pork and beans,
- potato bean,
- refried beans,
- runner bean,
- shell bean,
- sieva bean,
- snail bean,
- snap bean,
- soja bean,
- soy beans,
- soya bean,
- spill the beans,
- string bean,
- sword bean,
- tepary bean,
- tonga bean,
- turtle bean,
- velvet bean,
- wax bean,
- white bean,
- winged bean,
- wolf bean,
- wonder bean,
- yam bean,
- yellow bean,
- Chinese mung bean,
- Saint Ignatius's bean,
- St Ignatius's bean,
- Tom Bean, TX,
- bean-shaped,
- boston baked beans,
- broad-bean,
- carob bean tree,
- castor bean plant,
- common bean plant,
- coral bean tree,
- english runner bean,
- giant stock bean,
- goa bean vine,
- kentucky wonder bean,
- lima bean plant,
- mexican bean beetle,
- mexican jumping bean,
- scarlet runner bean,
- shell bean plant,
- stinking bean trefoil,
- syrian bean caper,
- tonka bean tree,
- bean-caper family,
- broad-bean plant,
- butter-bean plant,
- calabar-bean vine,
- ice-cream bean,
- yard-long bean,
- dutch case-knife bean,
- green-seeded mung bean