flageolet
noun /ˈflædʒəleɪ/, /ˌflædʒəˈlet/
/ˈflædʒəleɪ/, /ˌflædʒəˈlet/
(also flageolet bean)
- a type of small curved beanWord Originsense 2 mid 17th cent.: from French, diminutive of Old French flageol, from Provençal flaujol, of unknown origin. sense 1 late 19th cent.: from French, based on Latin phaseolus ‘bean’.