Mexican bean beetle
bean beetle
Epilachna varivestis | introduced into the United States from Mexico, feeds on the foliage of the bean plant |
bean weevil
Acanthoscelides obtectus | larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans |
blackfly bean aphid
Aphis fabae | blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets |
attic
bean
bonce
noodle
noggin
dome | informal terms for a human head |
| bean dip | a dip made of cooked beans |
jelly bean
jelly egg | sugar-glazed jellied candy |
bean curd
tofu | cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk |
| bean sprout | any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans |
bean
edible bean | any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food |
| goa bean | Old World tropical bean |
| common bean | any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried |
| kidney bean | large dark red bean, usually dried |
navy bean
pea bean
white bean | white-seeded bean, usually dried |
| pinto bean | mottled or spotted bean of southwestern United States, usually dried |
black bean
turtle bean | black-seeded bean of South America, usually dried |
| fresh bean | beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried |
| green bean | immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable |
snap bean
snap | tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections |
| string bean | green beans with strings that must be removed |
Kentucky wonder
Kentucky wonder bean | flat-podded green bean |
scarlet runner
scarlet runner bean
runner bean
English runner bean | long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths, a favorite in Britain |
haricot vert
haricots verts
French bean | very small and slender green bean |
wax bean
yellow bean | snap beans with yellow pods |
| shell bean | unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking |
| lima bean | broad flat beans simmered gently, never eaten raw |
sieva bean
butter bean
butterbean
civet bean | small flat green bean similar to lima beans |
fava bean
broad bean | shell beans cooked as lima beans |
soy
soybean
soya
soya bean | the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known, the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein) |
cacao bean
cocoa bean | seed of the cacao tree, ground roasted beans are source of chocolate |
groundnut
potato bean
wild bean | nutlike tuber, important food of Native Americans |
| broad bean horse bean | a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder |
| vanilla bean | long bean-like fruit, seeds are used as flavoring |
| bean tostada | a flat tortilla topped with refried beans |
coffee bean
coffee berry
coffee | a seed of the coffee tree, ground to make coffee |
Boston
Hub of the Universe
Bean Town
Beantown
capital of Massachusetts | state capital and largest city of Massachusetts, a major center for banking and financial services |
| bean counter | an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures |
| castor bean | the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant, source of castor oil |
tonka bean tonka bean tree
Coumarouna odorata
Dipteryx odorata | tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring |
| tonka bean coumara nut | fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree, used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla |
iceream bean
Inga edulis | ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers, tropical and subtropical America |
screw bean screwbean
tornillo
screwbean mesquite
Prosopis pubescens | shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods |
| screw bean | spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed |
calabar-bean vine
Physostigma venenosum | tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans |
calabar bean
ordeal bean | dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine, source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft |
carob
carob tree
carob bean tree
algarroba
Ceratonia siliqua | evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods, the biblical carob |
carob carob bean
algarroba bean
algarroba locust bean
locust pod | long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp, used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute |
bean trefoil
stinking bean trefoil
Anagyris foetida | shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods, leaves foetid when crushed |
groundnut
groundnut vine
Indian potato potato bean
wild bean
Apios americana
Apios tuberosa | a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers, important food crop of Native Americans |
jack bean
wonder bean
giant stock bean
Canavalia ensiformis | annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage |
sword bean
Canavalia gladiata | twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans, long cultivated in Orient for food |