Bean

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• bean

  A guinea. Half bean; half a guinea. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Adsuki bean

  ·add. ·- A cultivated variety of the Asiatic gram, now introduced into the United States. ...

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• Bean caper

  ·- A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whiti...

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• Bean trefoil

  ·- A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida). ...

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• Buck bean

  ·- A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or...

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• Castor bean

  ·- The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.). ...

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• Florida bean

  ·- One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens. II. Florida bean ·- The large, roundish, fla...

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• Ignatius bean

  ·- ·see Saint Ignatius's bean, under <<Saint>>. ...

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• Jequirity bean

  ·add. ·- The seed of the wild licorice (Abrus precatorius) used by the people of India for beads in ...

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• Mesquite bean

  ·add. ·- The pod or seed of the mesquite. ...

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• Pichurim bean

  ·- The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of...

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• Sea bean

  ·- ·same·as Florida bean. ...

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• Tonca bean

  ·- ·see Tonka bean. ...

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• Tonka bean

  ·- The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable...

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• Tonquin bean

  ·- ·see Tonka bean. ...

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• bean(, Queensland)

  or Leichhardt, or Match-box n. Entada scandens, Benth., N.O. Leguminosae. Though this bean has two...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bean-tree

  n. called also Moreton BayChestnut, Castanospermum australe, Cunn. and Fraser, N.O. Leguminosae; a ...

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• leichhardt-bean

  n. See bean. ...

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• Queensland bean

  . n. See bean. ...

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• bean-cod

  A small fishing-vessel, or pilot-boat, common on the sea-coasts and in the rivers of Spain and Portu...

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• match-box bean

  n. another name for the ripehard seed of the Queensland Bean, Entadascandens, Benth., N.O. Legumino...

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• tonquin bean-tree

  n. a Tasmanian variety of Native Sandalwood; also called Tonga Beanwood. 1862. W. Archer, `Product...

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