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FAVA BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fava bean mean? 

FAVA BEAN (noun)
  The noun FAVA BEAN has 2 senses:

1. seed of the broad-bean plantplay

2. shell beans cooked as lima beansplay

  Familiarity information: FAVA BEAN used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAVA BEAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Seed of the broad-bean plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

broad bean; fava bean; horsebean

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

bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)

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

broad-bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; English bean; European bean; field bean; Vicia faba (Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Shell beans cooked as lima beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

broad bean; fava bean

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

shell bean (unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking)


 Context examples 


Hemolytic anemia due to the ingestion of fava beans or after inhalation of pollen from the Vicia fava plant by persons with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient erythrocytes.

(Favism, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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