broad bean also broad·bean (brôd'bēn') n.
In both senses also called fava bean, horse bean.
An annual Old World plant (Vicia faba) in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves, white flowers with lateral purplish blotches, and long thick pods.
The edible seed or green pod of this plant. It is the bean of antiquity.
Main Entry: broad bean Pronunciation: 'brod-"bEn Function: noun : the large flat edible seed of an Old World upright vetch (Vicia faba); also: this plant widely grown for its seeds and as fodder called also fava bean; —see FAVISM
Main Entry: fa·va bean Pronunciation: 'fäv-&- Function: noun :BROADBEAN
[fah-vuh] 
