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BEAN PLANT

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Meaning:

Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods

Synonyms:

bean; bean plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bean plant" is a kind of...):

legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

Meronyms (parts of "bean plant"):

bean; edible bean (any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bean plant"):

bush bean (a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports)

pole bean (a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis)

shell bean; shell bean plant (a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod)

Holonyms ("bean plant" is a member of...):

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)

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