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Vicia faba

noun

Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder. Synonyms: broad-bean, broad-bean plant, broad bean, English bean, European bean, field bean.

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... Vicia faba (Leguminosae).—Seventeen covered-up plants yielded 40 beans, whilst seventeen plants left unprotected and growing close alongside produced 135 beans; these latter plants were, therefore, between three and four times more fertile than the protected plants: see 'Gardeners' ...

— The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom • Charles Darwin

Words linked to "Vicia faba" : Vicia, broad bean, shell bean, horse bean, horsebean, fava bean, broad-bean, genus Vicia, shell bean plant