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单词 horse bean
释义

horse bean


noun

fava bean.

Origin of horse bean

First recorded in 1675–85

Words nearby horse bean

horse, horse-and-buggy, horse around, horseback, horse balm, horse bean, horse block, horsebox, horse brass, horsebrier, horsecar
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Example sentences from the Web for horse bean

  • They were about the size of a horse-bean, and remarkably lively after their aerial but wingless flight.

    The Romance of Natural History, Second Series|Philip Henry Gosse
  • I've never seed such splendid large knobs of fat before in the days of my life—they never used to be bigger then a horse-bean.

    Far from the Madding Crowd|Thomas Hardy
  • Toker's bean, for instance, is twice-and-a-half as long and broad as the horse-bean, and is much thinner and of a different shape.

    The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for horse bean

horse bean

noun

another name for broad bean
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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