horsebean meaning

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horsebean (noun): seed of the broad-bean plant.

horsebean has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

horsebean as a noun

  1. seed of the broad-bean plant

    Synonyms: broad bean, fava bean

    Type of: bean

  2. large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States

    Synonyms: Jerusalem thorn, Parkinsonia aculeata

    Type of: shrub

Scrabble score: 14 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HO · words ending in AN · 9-letter words

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