meaning of bean
1. A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
3. A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum.
4. A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida).
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