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    BROAD-BEAN PLANT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodderplay

    Synonyms:

    broad-bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; English bean; European bean; field bean; Vicia faba

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (parts of "broad-bean plant"):

    broad bean; horse bean (a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder)

    broad bean; fava bean; horsebean (seed of the broad-bean plant)

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

    genus Vicia; Vicia (widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs)

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