单词 | french bean |
释义 | French beann. Any of various varieties of the haricot or kidney bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris) now typically cultivated for their pods, which are eaten when green as a vegetable; the seeds or (more usually) the pods of any of these plants. Cf. bean n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > kidney beans or kidney bean plants French bean1542 kidney bean1548 fasels1562 frijoles1568 Welsh bean1585 longbean1587 cock stone1631 haricot1653 string-bean1759 snap-bean1770 bunch-bean1787 butter bean1820 bush-bean1821 snaps1845 navy bean1851 cannellini1862 flageolet1877 wax bean1905 pinto bean1913 wax-pod bean1921 borlotti1932 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca sig. D.iiii Eruilia, some do suppose to be frenche beanes. 1568 W. Turner Herbal 31 There are thre sortes of Henbayne, one wyth black sede with floures, almoste purple with the leaues of Frenche beanes, called Smilax, with vesselles hard and prickye. 1662 J. Winthrop Let. 27 July in Corr. (2001) II. II. 35 The Indians and some English also..at every hill of Corne will plant a kind of Beans with the Corne (they are like those here called French Beans or turky Beans). 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth I. 33 The one thin and lean, As a Garden French Bean. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 88 French beans may be divided into two classes: the Runners..and the Dwarfs. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1406 French, kidney, or haricot beans (Phaseolus vulgaris ) came from South America, and were not known in Europe till after the time of the Spanish explorers. 2005 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 15 July 6/2 I didn't know whether French beans would flourish in Scottish soil but I thought it was worth a try. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1542 |
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