fava bean
(fɑvə biːn)
Word forms: plural fava beans
countable noun [usually plural]
Fava beans are flat round beans that are light green in colour and are eaten as a vegetable.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use broad beansfava bean in British English
or fava (ˈfɑːvə)
noun US and Canadian
Also called: broad bean1.
an erect annual Eurasian bean plant, Vicia faba, cultivated for its large edible flattened seeds, used as a vegetable
2.
the seed of this plant
Word origin
C20: Italian fava from Latin faba beanfava bean in American English
(ˈfɑvə)
broad bean
Word origin
It fava, bean (< L faba, bean)Image offava bean
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Chinese translation of 'fava bean'
fava bean
(ˈfɑːvə-) (US)
n (c)
-
蚕(蠶)豆
(cándòu) (颗, kē)英 = broad bean
Nearby words offava bean
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