EDIBLE BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does edible bean mean? 

• EDIBLE BEAN (noun)
  The noun EDIBLE BEAN has 1 sense:

1. any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food

  Familiarity information: EDIBLE BEAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EDIBLE BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

bean; edible bean

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

legume (the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils))

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

goa bean (Old World tropical bean)

golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo (seed of the mung bean plant used for food)

common bean (any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried)

soy; soya; soya bean; soybean (the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein))

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

bean; bean plant (any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods)