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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... Read more |
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broad bean
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bean sprouts
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baked beans
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haricot bean
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adzuki bean
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Jelly Bean
Jelly Bean Background The jelly bean is a semi-soft candy, shaped like a bean and generally fruit flavored. Long considered a traditional Easter candy, jelly beans are also produced in seasonal colors for other holidays such as Halloween and Independence Day. Basic jelly... Read more |
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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... Read more |
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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... Read more |
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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... Read more |
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bean
bean Plant grown for its edible seeds and seed pods. The broad bean (Vicia faba) is native to n Africa. The string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is native to tropical South America, and is common in the USA; several varieties are cultivated... |
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bean-cod
bean-cod, the English name, probably given in jest, to a small Portuguese vessel used for inshore and estuary fishing. It had... |
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soya bean
soya bean Annual plant native to China and Japan. It has oval, three-part leaves, and small lilac flowers. Grown internationally for... |
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legume
...typically a pod (legume) containing a row of seeds. Important food species include the pea, runner bean, soya bean, lentil, broad bean, kidney bean, and haricot bean. See also nitrogen cycle; nitrogen fixation; root nodule |
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SOUTHERN ENGLISH
...usages tote carry, carry escort, and snapbeans string beans. (2) South Midland (also Appalachian, Hill Southern...usages skillet frying-pan, poke paper sack, and green beans string beans. Not all varieties of English spoken in the South fit... |
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Food and Diet
...diet comprised preserved pork, bread, beans, and root vegetables—filling, if...reformers insisted that the proteins in beans were fully as nutritious as those in beefsteak...Nutrition to persuade Americans to substitute beans, whole grains, and fresh vegetables for... |
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caffeine
...coffee, and the third in cocoa. Cola beans, used in the manufacture of well-known...weight, the caffeine content of coffee beans (0.7–1.5%) and tea leaves (2...in the Yemen in the ninth century, the beans being obtained from a bush, Coffea arabica... |
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pulse
pulse Any leguminous plant of the pea family with edible seeds, such as the bean, lentil, pea, peanut and soya bean. The term may also refer to the seed alone. A valuable human food crop in developing countries where... |
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chocolate
...the seeds of the tropical tree Theobroma cacao. The seeds are beans contained in an elliptical pod, and do not have the flavour...of chocolate until they have been fermented and roasted. The beans are then ground up to make chocolate powder. The first chocolate... |
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farting
...which is sometimes used to mean belching as well. ‘Pease and beans are flatulent meat’ (Blount, 1674) — and there...by eating particular foods — notably cabbage, onions, and beans.Foods are broken up by the acid in the stomach to produce sugar |
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bean
bean from early times, the broad bean was a staple foodstuff...best time of planting. Beans as an article of diet are...Pythagoras abstained from eating beans, although the reason for...Night celebrations, a bean was baked into a cake... |
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beans
beans a hill of beans something of little value (informal North American usage). The idea...amount of something intrinsically worthless is of no value.know how many beans make five be intelligent, be able to sum up the true facts of a situation... |
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bean sprouts
bean sprouts Any of a number of peas, beans, and seeds which can be germinated and the sprouts...One of the commonest sprouts is that of the mung bean, but alfalfa and adzuki beans are also used. An 80‐g portion is a good source... |
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bean nighe
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... |
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bean, adzuki
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 and used... |
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bean, haricot
bean, haricot Ripe seed of Phaseolus vulgaris...known as navy, string, pinto, or snap bean. A 100‐g portion of dried haricot beans is a good source of copper; a source...supplies 100 kcal (420 kJ). See also bean, French |
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broad bean
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. |
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lima beans
lima beans US term for flat, kidney‐shaped bean, smaller ones are butter limas, called butter beans in the UK (see beans, butter), and larger are potato limas. |
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lima bean
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. |
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bean gall
bean gall A red or pink, kidney-bean-shaped gall, found on the leaves of Salix species (willow...emerged in summer may overwinter in the gall. Sometimes the term ‘bean gall’ is used more generally to describe any red or brown gall... |
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bean
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 ... |
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vegetable
...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... |
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noodle
...noodle • 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... |
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inform
...the picture, fill in, clue in/up, put wise, spill the beans to, tip off, give the low-down to, give the inside story...tell tales about, tell on, blow the whistle on, spill the beans about, put the finger on, sell down the river, snitch on... |
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spill
...the opening race synonyms: fall, tumble; informal header, cropper, nosedive. phrase: spill the beans informal somebody spilled the beans about the surprise partysynonyms: reveal all, tell all, give the game away, talk; informal let the... |
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accountant
accountant • noun a good accountant is up on all the new tax lawssynonyms: bookkeeper, CPA, certified public accountant, comptroller; informal bean counter. |
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ebullient
...joyful, cheery, merry, jolly, sunny, jaunty, lighthearted, elated; animated, sparkling, vivacious, irrepressible; informal bubbly, bouncy, peppy, upbeat, chirpy, smiley, full of beans; dated gay.antonym: depressed. |
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energetic
...exuberant, ebullient, perky, frisky, sprightly, tireless, indefatigable, enthusiastic; informal peppy, feisty, full of beans, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.See word spectrum.antonyms: lethargic, inactive. 2. energetic exercises synonyms... |
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expose
...disclose, uncover, reveal, make known, let out, divulge, unearth, unmask, detect, betray, smoke out; inf. spill the beans on, blow the whistle on. 5. expose to new ideassynonyms: bring into contact with, introduce to, present with, make familiar... |
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exuberant
...energetic, animated, full of life, lively, vigorous, adrenalized; informal bubbly, bouncy, chipper, chirpy, full of beans; literary blithe.antonym: gloomy. 2. an exuberant welcome synonyms: effusive, extravagant, fulsome, expansive, gushing... |
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Bean recipes: Senate Bean Soup, Burgundy Street Red Beans `n' Rice, Smoky...
SENATE BEAN SOUP 6 servings 1 pound dried navy beans or other white beans such as...and serve. _From "Full of Beans" by Brooke Dojny. X X X SMOKY PORK & PINTO-BEAN CHILI 4 to 6 servings Beans: 1 cup dry pinto ... |
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Bean medleys can be made as two-way dishes, great warm or cold
...side dish of green beans and flageolets, a pale green dried bean, the mixture has...like to stir in green beans, to obtain a sort...Indeed, all sorts of bean medleys can be made...juice to give the bean combo a Mexican taste...cooked white ... |
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Bean cuisine: The 'wonder food' packs a nutritional punch
...They learned "bean basics" -- everything from storing beans to disguising beans...the American Dry Bean Board, as little as a half-cup of beans added to the daily...for each type of bean. Adding salt before the ... |
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Bean cuisine Let legumes become a regular in your diet Series: -DATELINE-
...tiny, white rice beans (an heirloom variety...take two hours. This bean never gets mushy...more than half. More bean basics Here are simple...guidelines for cooking beans: I prefer the quick...defrosted you can have beans ready to eat in ... |
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Bean Business in Twin Falls, Idaho, Could Use a Little Magic.
...facility can store a garden bean variety for snap beans, the "small yet mature...restaurants. Idaho dry beans dry on the vine In 2001, bean growers planted 15...plantings for all types of beans dipped precipitously. Idaho dry ... |
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BEANS ETERNALLY POPULAR ITEM AS SIDE DISH.(LIFE & LEISURE)
...last 30 minutes of cooking. Tropical Beans: Jazz up bean mixtures (made with red beans, black beans ahd Great Northern beans...style beans (and ranch-style pinto beans with jalapenos) as basic ... |
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Bean Time; A Variety for Every Climate and Taste
...abundance, though, means there is a bean for every climate and taste. All beans are members of the legume family...than two feet. The most common garden bean is the snap bean, also called string beans for the stringy fibers that have since... |
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The versatile bean.
...beans, romano and wax beans are P. vulgaris. The...from the Latin for kidney bean; the species name translates...as "common". French beans are bush-type beans...beans. Blue hyacinth beans, Dolichos lablab ... |
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Beans: Versatile vegetables come in a multitude of varieties
...Latin for kidney bean; the species name...common.Garden beans come in four types...happened with bush beans until the "Bush Blue Lake" bean was introduced in...a tepee, 1 pole bean seed every 3 inches...trellis. Harvest snap ... |
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Beans: No longer a bore
...of the week. Mexican bean burritos, French white beans Provencal, Indian dal...fagioli (pasta-and-bean soup), Cuban black beans and rice, Middle Eastern...black-eyed peas, baked beans, chili, or navy bean or lentil soup. And ... |
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