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bean
bean name applied to the seeds of leguminous trees and shrubs and to various leguminous plants of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family) with edible seeds or seed pods (legumes). The genera and species encompassed by the term bean are many and variable. The broad beans ( Vicia faba, of the vetc... Read more
castor bean
castor bean bean produced by Ricinus communis, a plant of the spurge family, widely cultivated as an ornamental. Moles die when they eat the roots. It has long been used as an ordeal poison in parts of Africa. Ricin, the toxic protein found in the bean seeds, can be extracted and used as a po... Read more
tonka bean
tonka bean , black-skinned, aromatic, almondlike single seed from the pod of any tall leguminous tree of the genus Dipteryx in the family Leguminosae ( pulse family) of tropical South America. It contains coumarin, a fermented substance that has a vanillalike aroma and is used as a vanilla substi... Read more
bean beetle
bean beetle common name for a destructive beetle, Epilachna varivestis, of the ladybird beetle family. Although nearly all other members of this family are beneficial carnivores, the bean beetle attacks leguminous plants, especially beans. Both larva and adult feed on the undersides of leaves a... Read more
bean weevil
bean weevil common name for a well-known cosmopolitan species of beetle ( Acanthoscelides obtectus ) that attacks beans and is thought to be native to the United States. It belongs to the family Bruchidae, the seed beetles. The bean weevil is small, about 1/6 in. (0.4 cm) long, and stout-bodied... Read more
jumping bean
jump·ing bean • n. the seed from certain plants of the spurge family (esp. Sebastiana pavoniana) that jumps as a result of the movement of a moth larva that is developing inside it. ... Read more
frijole
frijole [Span. fríjol  ], in Mexico and the Spanish American countries, any cultivated bean of the genus Phaseolus. The term frijole refers to the small, flat, black bean that ranks next to corn in importance in the diet of most Latin American countries. It is probably of South A... Read more
chili con carne
chili con carne [Span.,=hot peppers with meat], Mexican food popular in the United States and now manufactured and canned commercially. It consists mainly of beef, beans, chilies (see pepper ), garlic, and spices, although the ingredients may be varied. ... Read more
cowpea
cowpea   black-eyed pea, or black-eyed bean, annual legume ( Vigna sinensis ) of the pulse family. Introduced in the early 18th cent. from the Old World to the S United States, it has become a staple of Southern cooking and an important catch crop , soil enhancer, and forage. Cowpea, ... Read more
blight
blight general term for any sudden and severe plant disease or for the agent that causes it. The term is now applied chiefly to diseases caused by bacteria (e.g., bean blights and fire blight of fruit trees), viruses (e.g., soybean bud blight), fungi (e.g., chestnut blight), and protists (e.g., pot... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Bean"

Leon Leonwood Bean
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Leon Leonwood Bean Think of the mail-order business and...quality, charm, and character of L.L. Bean, Inc. Renowned for its dedication to...experience and ideals of its founder, L.L. Bean (1872-1967). Leon Leonwood Bean was...
Bean, Leon Leonwood
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History BEAN, LEON LEONWOOD Tired of returning from hunting...wet feet, Leon Leonwood ("L.L.") Bean (1872 – 1967) designed a new type...billion by the end of the twentieth century. Bean was born and brought up in rural Maine. Since...
Alan Bean
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Alan Bean American astronaut Alan Bean (born in 1932) was the fourth person to ever walk on the moon...orbited the moon in Apollo 12's Command Module Yankee Clipper. Alan Bean was born in Wheeler, Texas on March 15, 1932. He grew up in Fort...
bean
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition bean name applied to the seeds of leguminous trees...genera and species encompassed by the term bean are many and variable. The broad beans...peoples had already developed most of the bean types still used today, e.g., the lima...
Bean, Roy
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law BEAN, ROY Roy Bean achieved prominence for his unconventional law enforcement procedures. His methods for enforcing the law were questionable and unorthodox. Bean was born circa 1825, in Mason County, Kentucky. His career included...
bean beetle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition bean beetle common name for a destructive beetle...this family are beneficial carnivores, the bean beetle attacks leguminous plants, especially...oval-bodied larva has forked spines. Bean beetles overwinter as adults and in early...
tonka bean
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition tonka bean , black-skinned, aromatic, almondlike single seed from the pod...almost completely replaced by a synthetic product. The name of the bean also appears as tonqua bean and tonquin bean. Plants producing tonka beans are classified in...
Roy Bean
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Roy Bean c.1825-1903, legendary American frontier...cattle rustling. During the Civil War, Roy Bean aided the Confederate cause by joining a...as a saloonkeeper and gambler. In 1882, Bean settled at the Texas camp of Vinegaroon...
bean weevil
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition bean weevil common name for a well-known cosmopolitan...family Bruchidae, the seed beetles. The bean weevil is small, about 1/6 in. (0.4...dozen or more newly hatched larvae in one bean. When full-grown, the larvae form pupae...
castor bean
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition castor bean bean produced by Ricinus communis, a plant of the spurge family, widely cultivated...ordeal poison in parts of Africa. Ricin, the toxic protein found in the bean seeds, can be extracted and used as a poison or chemical weapon, but...

Dictionary entries related to "Bean"

bean
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable bean from early times, the broad bean was a staple foodstuff (see beanfeast below), and there are various...this is not known. In traditional Twelfth Night celebrations, a bean was baked into a cake, and the man in whose portion it was found...
bean, adzuki
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition bean, adzuki Also known as aduki or feijoa bean, the seed of the Asian adzuki plant Phaseolus ( Vigna ) angularis . Sweet tasting, the basis of Cantonese red bean paste used to fill dim‐sum . Also ground to a flour...
lima bean
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English li·ma bean / ˈlīmə / • n. 1. an edible flat whitish bean. See also butter bean . 2. the tropical American plant ( Phaseolus lunatus , or P. limensis ) that yields this bean.
bean nighe
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology bean nighe, nigheadaireachd [ScG, washerwoman...the pan-Celtic washer at the ford . The bean nighe is usually thought to be small and slender...a person does better to see her before the bean nighe sees the mortal. Anyone rash enough...
kidney bean
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English kid·ney bean • n. a kidney-shaped bean, esp. a dark red variety of the common bean plant Phaseolus vulgaris .
green bean
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English green bean • n. the immature pod of any of various bean plants, eaten as a vegetable. See also string bean .
bean, borlotti
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition bean, borlotti Italian variety of Phaseolus vulgaris , haricot or common bean. See bean, haricot .
bean gall
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences bean gall A red or pink, kidney-bean-shaped gall , found on the leaves of Salix species (willow...may over-winter in the gall. Sometimes the term ‘bean gall’ is used more generally to describe any red or...
jelly bean
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English jel·ly bean (also jel·ly·bean ) • n. a bean-shaped candy with a jellylike center and a firm sugar coating.
broad bean
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English broad bean • n. 1. a large edible flat green bean that is typically eaten without the pod. Also called fava bean , horsebean . 2. the plant ( Vicia faba ) that yields these beans, often cultivated in gardens.

Thesaurus entries related to "Bean"

bean
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus bean • noun  See table. Beans and Peas adzuki/aduki (bean) anasazi bean bambara bean black bean black turtle bean black-eyed pea broad bean butter bean butterfly pea cajan pea cannellini bean carob bean castor bean chickpea...
vegetable
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...artichoke arugula ash gourd asparagus asparagus bean avocado bamboo shoot banana pepper banana squash basil bean sprout beet beet green bell pepper bibb lettuce...Boston lettuce bottle gourd brinjal broad bean broccoflower broccoli broccoli rabe broccolini...
noodle
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...noun  overcooked noodles. See table. Noodles bean curd bean thread cellophane chasoba chow fun dang myun dumpling...harusame Hokkien knodel kreplach lo mein mei fun mung bean naeng myun pirogi quenelle ramen rice rice sheet rice...
accountant
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus accountant • noun  a good accountant is up on all the new tax laws synonyms : bookkeeper, CPA, certified public accountant, comptroller; informal bean counter.
spider
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...spider trapdoor spider triangle spider wandering spider wolf spider wood spider Other Arachnids blue bug brown dog tick castor bean tick cattle tick chigger daddy longlegs deer tick giant hairy hadrurus harvestman harvest mite itch mite Lone Star tick mite...
pulse
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus pulse 2 • noun  eat plenty of pulses synonyms : legume, pea, bean, lentil.
functionary
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus functionary • noun  a Capitol Hill functionary synonyms : official, officeholder, public servant, civil servant, bureaucrat, administrator, apparatchik; informal bean counter.
bureaucrat
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus bureaucrat • noun  Washington bureaucrats synonyms : official, officeholder, administrator, public servant, civil servant, functionary; mandarin; derogatory apparatchik, bean counter, paper shuffler.
head
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English head • noun   1. hurt his head synonyms : skull, cranium; inf. pate, nut, noodle, noggin, bean.   2. he has a good head | use your head synonyms : mind, intellect, intelligence, brain, brains, mentality...
spice
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...pickling spice pimento pomegranate poppy seed ras el hanout red pepper safflower saffron sansho sassafras sesame seed Sichuan pepper St John’s bread star anise sumac tonka bean turmeric valerian vanilla wasabi white pepper zahtar zedoary

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Bean Lumber: money woes fault of family.(Curt Bean Lumber Co)
Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 10/26/2009; ; 700+ words ; A FLURRY OF LAWSUITS INVOLVING Curt Bean Lumber Co. of Glenwood, once one of the...brink of filing for bankruptcy protection. Bean Lumber blames the company's financial problems on Curt Bean's daughter and son-in-law, accusing...
Bean Business in Twin Falls, Idaho, Could Use a Little Magic.
Newspaper article from: The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 3/15/2002; 700+ words ; ...Byline: Loretta Burkhart Mar. 15--TWIN FALLS, Idaho--A local seed bean dealer has a mixed outlook for the bean industry in 2002 following the 14 percent drop in dry bean production in Idaho in 2000 -- a low in acreage experienced only twice...
Selecting bean bags
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 7/6/2006; 700+ words ; ...NOTED Italian designers developed the first bean bag chairs in the 1960s. Their creation...armchair'. It became the first mass produced bean bag furniture. Just like its counterpart...have occurred over time, in general the bean bag chair form remains true to the design...
Bean there done that; French food doesn’t agree with Rowan Atkinson, aka Mr Bean, this time.(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Saturday (South Africa); 3/31/2007; 700+ words ; Film: Mr Bean’s Holiday Director: Steve Bendelack...surprisingly warm but rarely laugh-out-loud Mr Bean’s Holiday. This is a thoroughly Euro bedmate to the 1997 Bean, with the Gauls rather than the Yanks as the...
Bean is a genius - if you are eight; FILMS OF THE WEEK.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 4/1/2007; 700+ words ; Byline: MATTHEW BOND Mr Bean's Holiday Director: Steve Bendelack...genius, Johnny English is good fun and Mr Bean is a terrible mistake. But rank them...Johnny English did very nicely indeed and Bean? That bungling, tweed-jacketed nincompoopis...
Bean seeking rematch with Republican Crane
Newspaper article from: Gurnee Review (IL); 3/4/2004; ; 700+ words ; Melissa Bean believes, this time, she can unseat U...percent to 43 percent in November 2002. Bean, a Barrington resident who has many Democratic...Scheurer in the March 16 primary. Economy Bean said the economy and jobs are her campaign...
Bean there, done that, seen it all before...
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 3/30/2007; 700+ words ; Byline: CHRIS TOOKEY Mr Bean's Holiday (PG) Verdict: He's no...some intelligence and invention. In Mr Bean's Holiday, the mugging misfit (played...passengers, who not unreasonably suspect Bean of being a gurning paedophile. Further...
BEAN STRIVES FOR MORE AT LINCOLN-WAY
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL); 10/14/1999; 700+ words ; Lincoln-Way High School senior Jenni Bean has been one of the highest point-scorers...past three years. Despite her success, Bean, who is in her fourth season of swimming...Bonebrake said of his four-year star. Bean began swimming at the age of eight. Two...
Bean charges opponent has not done enough
Newspaper article from: Arlington Heights Post (IL); 10/7/2004; ; 700+ words ; Democratic challenger Melissa Bean has campaigned throughout the 8th District...losing to Crane 57 to 43 percent in 2002, Bean has a better-funded campaign to challenge...and medium-size businesses. Education Bean believes the federal No Child Left Behind...
Judge Bean wasn't sorry: A funeral director's failure to apologize to two assault victims weighs heavily in a request that his jail term be upheld.
Newspaper article from: Reading Eagle (Reading, PA); 3/22/2007; 700+ words ; ...22--Funeral home operator Kevin M. Bean was more concerned about himself than the...opinion to the state Superior Court that Bean did not apologize to Second Deputy Coroner...opinion requesting that the court uphold Bean's sentence. Ludgate sentenced Bean...