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Definition of Fava bean
1. Noun. Seed of the broad-bean plant.
Group relationships: Broad Bean, Broad-bean, Broad-bean Plant, English Bean, European Bean, Field Bean, Vicia Faba
Generic synonyms: Bean
2. Noun. Shell beans cooked as lima beans.
Definition of Fava bean
1. Noun. An edible bean (Vicia faba) native to Africa and Southwest Asia with a long tradition of cultivation. Also known as Vicia faba, the broad bean, faba bean, horse bean, field bean or tic bean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Fava bean
1. The broad bean to which many people react adversely with an acute haemolytic anaemia with sudden breakup of red blood cells (see Favism). Fava beans look like large tan lima beans. They are popular in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines, are eaten raw when very young, cooked in soups and many other dishes, and made into fava brittle (like peanut brittle) as candy. The botanical name for fava is Vicia fava. Fava is Italian for bean and refers specifically to the broad bean. Fava beans are the main commercial source of the drug L-DOPA. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fava Bean
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