Haricot

//ˈhæɹ.ɪ.koʊ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of common bean.
  2. 2
    A stew of lamb and vegetables.
  3. 3
    a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried wordnet
  4. 4
    a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
common beancommon beanflageoletflageoletharicot bean

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French haricot (“bean”).

Etymology 2

From French haricot, from Middle French haricot, a deverbal derivation of Old French harigoter (“to tear up, shred, slice up, slice into pieces”), from Frankish *hariōn (“to ruin, lay waste, ravage, plunder, destroy”), from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to plunder, lay waste, harry”). Cognate with Middle High German verheeren (“to harry”), Old English herġian (“to lay waste, ravage, plunder”). More at harry.

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haricot beancommon bean

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