| 单词 | horse-bean |
| 释义 | > as lemmashorse-bean horse-bean n. a leguminous plant grown as food for cattle, as Vicia faba, Canavalia ensiformis, Parkinsonia aculeata, or their seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > other types of bean-plant horse-bean1684 Angola pea1756 pole bean1770 Congo pea1812 Canavalia1828 no-eye pea1837 overlook1837 bean-vine1838 asparagus-bean1856 sword-bean1875 jack bean1885 horse-gram1886 winged bean1910 tepary1912 adzuki1914 siratro1962 1684 I. Mather Ess. Illustrious Provid. (1890) 216 The stone weighed about seven grains, being much in the shape of our ordinary horse-beans. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 107 'Tis only the small Horse-bean that is commonly propagated by the Plough. 1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 253 A bushel of horse beans weighed sixty four pounds. 1811 Sporting Mag. 38 137 A fricasee of horse-beans. 1942 E. F. Castetter & W. H. Bell Pima & Papago Indian Agric. 60 Of somewhat less importance were the seeds of..Jerusalem thorn or horsebean (Parkinsonia aculeata). 1964 J. M. Kingsbury Poisonous Plants of U.S. 43 Parkinsonia aculeata, horsebean. 1964 J. M. Kingsbury Poisonous Plants of U.S. 362 Vicia faba L. Fava bean, broad bean, horse bean. 1965 E. G. B. Gooding et al. Flora Barbados 198 Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. (Horse bean, Overlook bean, Sword bean, etc.) is sometimes grown as a vegetable. The young pod is sliced, and eaten like French beans. < as lemmas |
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