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n.- Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food.

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Usage examples (34)
  • I make bean stalks, I'm a builder, like yourself.
  • When the word bean is used in European texts prior to 1492, it is almost always the fava.
  • The Peruano bean is a favorite bean here in Sonora.
  • | Reply hi i gues that sean bean is my favorite actor
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  • Have you "been" (past tense of be) in the "bean" (kind of vegetable) "bin" (box)?
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