broad bean
broad bean
Definition
broad bean
noun
a plant (Vicia faba) of the pea family, bearing large, broad pods with flat, edible seeds, used for fodder and as a vegetable
broad bean
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- pick: We then dug up potatoes and picked broad beans for tea, but actually had pasta - LOL.
- plant: Planted the broad beans on plot 29 - very late but what the hell?
- grow: Broad beans grown in pots can now be transplanted into the garden.
- like: The tree is a tall evergreen, which produces long green seed pods that look rather like round broad beans.
Preposition: for
- tea: We then dug up potatoes and picked broad beans for tea, but actually had pasta - LOL.
Adjective modifier
- first: Monday 13th June 2005 There is something about the smell of the first broad beans that raises my pulse.
Preposition: on
- plot: Planted the broad beans on plot 29 - very late but what the hell?
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