fava bean
fava bean · fava beans
An edible bean native to Africa and Southwest Asia with a long tradition of cultivationAn edible bean (Vicia faba) native to Africa and Southwest Asia with a long tradition of cultivation.
» You will eat couscous with fava beans.
Meaning
1 sensesAn edible bean (Vicia faba) native to Africa and Southwest Asia with a long tradition of cultivation.
More definitions
- shell beans cooked as lima beans
- seed of the broad-bean plant
Examples
4 sentencesYou will eat couscous with fava beans.
You'll be eating couscous with fava beans.
I baked bread with fava beans, white sorghum, barley and wheat.
A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Origin
From fava + bean, from Italian fava.From fava + bean, from Italian fava.
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Forms
plural: fava beans| Singular | fava bean |
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Synonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- shell beans cooked as lima beans:broad bean
- seed of the broad-bean plant:broad beanhorsebean
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedfavism