fava
noun
fa·va
ˈfävə
variants or fava bean or less commonly faba
ˈfäbə
plural -s
: broad bean
Word History
Etymology
fava from Italian, from Latin faba bean; faba from New Latin (specific epithet of the broad bean Vicia faba), from Latin, bean
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
- a step in the right direction
- a step up
- a step up/down
- a stitch in time
- a stitch in time (saves nine)
- a stitch in time saves nine
- a stone's throw
- a stone's throw away
- a storm in a teacup
- a stroke of genius
- a stroke of work
- A student
- a sure bet
- a sure thing
- a swelled head
- a tad
- a taste of someone's own medicine
- a taste/dose of someone's own medicine
- a tempest in a teapot
- a tempo
- a tergo
- a thick ear
- a thing
- a thing devoutly to be wished
- a thing like