bean has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology,chemistry,food,botany
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae

Synonyms

edible_bean

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

And indeed the young garden beans were brackish in her mouth .

She swung her eyes up to the blue of the window , her jaws gently mashing the bitter beans .

Related terms

legume soy common_bean goa_bean

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[ noun ] (botany) any of various seeds or fruits suggestive of beans
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[ noun ] (botany) any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods

Synonyms

bean_plant

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[ verb ] hit on the head, esp. with a pitched baseball

Related terms

hit attic

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 713
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) informal terms for a human head

Related terms

human_head

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