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tonquin bean-tree
n.
a Tasmanian variety of Native Sandalwood; also called Tonga Beanwood.
1862. W. Archer, `Product...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Bean
·noun The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bean
A guinea. Half bean; half a guinea.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bean(, Queensland)
or Leichhardt, or Match-box
n.
Entada scandens, Benth., N.O. Leguminosae. Though this bean has two...
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bean-tree
n.
called also Moreton BayChestnut, Castanospermum australe, Cunn. and Fraser, N.O. Leguminosae; a ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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leichhardt-bean
n.
See bean.
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Queensland bean
. n.
See bean.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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match-box bean
n.
another name for the ripehard seed of the Queensland Bean, Entadascandens, Benth., N.O. Legumino...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris