Meaning

3 senses
  1. 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:

    The hyacinth bean: Lablab purpureus.

  2. A string bean, especially Phaseolus vulgaris.

  3. The broad bean: Vicia faba.

More definitions
  • Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder

Forms

plural: field beans
Singularfield bean
Pluralfield beans

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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