| horsebean | |
noun | |
| 1. | seed of the broad-bean plant [syn: broad bean] |
| 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 [syn: Jerusalem thorn] |