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Meaning of HORSEBEAN

Pronunciation:  'howrsbeen

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  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
  2. [n]  seed of the broad-bean plant
 
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 Synonyms: broad bean, fava bean, Jerusalem thorn, Parkinsonia aculeata
 
 See Also: bean, bean plant, broadbean, broad-bean plant, bush, English bean, European bean, field bean, genus Parkinsonia, Parkinsonia, shrub, Vicia faba

 

 

 

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