field bean

Meanings

nounfield bean (plural field beans)

Any of several varieties of bean viewed (in a region's agroeconomy) as a commodity crop grown at scale in farm fields, whether as a food crop, fodder crop, or both; as:
1. looseThe hyacinth bean: Lablab purpureus.
2. looseA string bean, especially Phaseolus vulgaris.
3. looseThe broad bean: Vicia faba.

nounOld World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder

Similar

broad beanbroad-beanbroad-bean plantEnglish bean European beanVicia faba

Broader

shell beanshell bean plant

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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