English Explanatory Dictionary

pea bean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Various varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris (common beans that can be eaten as string beans or cooked from dried beans).
  2. A very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean.
  3. A bicoloured (red-brown and white) bean found in Britain.
  4. The cowpea (Vigna unguiculata).

Word forms

pea bean pea beans

Etymology

From its size.

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