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fava bean

  [fah-vuh]
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–noun
1. a plant, Vicia faba, native to the Old World, bearing large pods containing edible seeds.
2. the seed or pod of this plant.
Also called broad bean, horse bean.

Origin:
1940–45; < It < L faba bean
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broad bean also broad·bean   (brôd'bēn')
n.   In both senses also called fava bean, horse bean.

  1. 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.

  2. The edible seed or green pod of this plant. It is the bean of antiquity.

fa·va bean   (fä'və)   
n.  See broad bean.

[Italian fava, from Latin faba, broad bean; see bha-bhā- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fa·va bean
Pronunciation: 'fäv-&-
Function: noun
: BROADBEAN
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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