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What (who) is bean - definition
SEED OF ONE OF SEVERAL GENERA OF THE FLOWERING PLANT FAMILY FABACEAE, WHICH ARE USED FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL FOOD
Beans; Bean poisoning; Boiled beans; Dried bean; Dry bean; 🫘
![[[Baked beans]] on toast (with egg)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BakedBeansAndEggOnToast.jpg?width=200 "[[Baked beans]] on toast (with egg)")
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![alt=[[Lablab]] bean and bean flower cultivated in [[West Bengal]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lablab bean and bean flowers.JPG?width=200 "alt=[[Lablab]] bean and bean flower cultivated in [[West Bengal]]")
bean
¦ noun
1. an edible kidney-shaped seed growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants.
2. a leguminous plant bearing beans in pods. [Phaseolus and other genera: numerous species.]
3. the hard seed of coffee, cocoa, and certain other plants.
4. (N. Amer. also beans) [with negative] informal a very small amount or nothing at all.
5. informal, dated a person's head.
¦ verb informal, chiefly N. Amer. hit on the head.
Phrases
full of beans informal lively; in high spirits.
old bean Brit. informal, dated a friendly form of address.
Origin
OE bean, of Gmc origin.
Bean
·noun The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
II. Bean ·noun A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
bean
n.
1) broad; French (BE), haricot (BE), kidney; lima; navy; pinto; runner (BE), string; wax beans
2) baked beans
3) (misc.) to spill the beans (slang) ('to reveal a secret'); to use the old bean (slang) ('to use one's head'); full of beans (slang) ('mistaken') (AE); ('full of energy') (BE)
Wikipedia
Bean
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes throughout the world.
Examples of use of bean
1. Soybean sauce, bean paste, soybean soup, bean–flour goods, bean oil and so on are turned out by foodstuff processing factories.
2. Bean milk and bean processing factories in different parts of the country are also producing bean–milk for nurseries, kindergartens and primary and middle schools.
3. Moreover, the aficionados will tell you that the cocoa bean is a bean of many parts.
4. They like edible herbs, soy bean, vegetables, sea–foods, kimchi and bean paste soup.
5. Public catering establishments serve varied kinds of bean foodstuffs and each family makes tubu (bean–curds), bean sprouts and other dishes.