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FAVA BEAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shell beans cooked as lima beans

Synonyms:

broad bean; fava bean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

shell bean (unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Seed of the broad-bean plant

Synonyms:

broad bean; fava bean; horsebean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)

Holonyms ("fava bean" is a part of...):

broad-bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; English bean; European bean; field bean; Vicia faba (Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder)

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