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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of horse bean. alt-of, alternative
2. 2
   large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States wordnet
3. 3
   seed of the broad-bean plant wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

broad beanbroad beanfava beanjerusalem thornjerusalem thornparkinsonia aculeata

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