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A bean is the edible seed of various plants. (noun)

Chickpeas, lentils and limas are each an example of a bean.

See bean in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of various leguminous plants; esp., any of several species of a genus (Phaseolus) of the pea family, including the kidney bean and lima bean
the edible, smooth, kidney-shaped seed of any of these plants
a pod with such seeds, eaten as a vegetable when still unripe
the bean-shaped seed of some other plants: coffee bean
any of these other plants: castor bean tree
☆ Slang the head, brain, or mind
☆ Slang even a small amount: used in negative constructions: not to know beans about something

transitive verb

Slang to hit on the head
Baseball to hit (a batter) on the head with a pitched ball

See bean in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(bēn)

noun

a. Any of various New World twining herbs of the genus Phaseolus in the pea family, having leaves with three leaflets, variously colored flowers, and edible pods and seeds.
b. A seed or pod of any of these plants.
Any of several related plants or their seeds or pods, such as the adzuki bean, broad bean, or soybean.
Any of various other plants or their seeds or fruits, especially those suggestive of beans, such as the coffee bean or the vanilla bean.
Slang A person's head.
beans Slang A small amount: I don't know beans about investing.
Chiefly British A fellow; a chap.

transitive verb beaned, bean·ing, beans
Slang

To hit (another) on the head with a thrown object, especially a pitched baseball.

(bēn), Roy Self-styled “the Law West of the Pecos.” 1825?-1903.

American frontiersman in Texas who in 1881 appointed himself justice of the peace and handed down judgments based on one law book and one six-shooter.

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