BROAD BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does broad bean mean? 

• BROAD BEAN (noun)
  The noun BROAD BEAN has 4 senses:

1. seed of the broad-bean plant

2. Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder

3. a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder

4. shell beans cooked as lima beans

  Familiarity information: BROAD BEAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROAD BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seed of the broad-bean plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

broad bean; fava bean; horsebean

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

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

Holonyms ("broad 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("broad bean" 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"):

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" is a member of...):

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

A bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

broad bean; horse bean

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

fodder (coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop)

Holonyms ("broad 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)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Shell beans cooked as lima beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

broad bean; fava bean

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

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