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Definition of English bean
1. Noun. Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder.
Terms within: Broad Bean, Horse Bean, Broad Bean, Fava Bean, Horsebean
Generic synonyms: Shell Bean, Shell Bean Plant
Group relationships: Genus Vicia, Vicia
Lexicographical Neighbors of English Bean
Literary usage of English bean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1860)
"GEST., if he would, through the columns of that paper, favor them with the result
of his experience in the culture of the English bean, and the .feeding ..."
2. The Library of Agricultural and Horticultural Knowledge: With an Appendix on by John Baxter (1830)
"Both seemed alike during the severe winter of 1829-30, and it was thought by many
that the English bean would be ready for harvesting as soon as the other; ..."
3. The English Gardener: Or, A Treatise on the Situation, Soil, Enclosing, and by William Cobbett (1833)
"The English bean, which is that that we have now to speak of, has several varieties,
the favourite among which, is the broad bean, or Windsor bean. ..."
4. The English Gardener: Or, A Treatise on the Situation, Soil, Enclosing, and by William Cobbett (1833)
"The English bean, which is that that we have now to speak of, has several varieties,
the favourite among which, is the broad bean, or Windsor bean. ..."
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