field bean (English, noun)
expansion: field bean (plural field beans)
Senses:
qualifier: loose
glosses: Any of several varieties of bean viewed (in a region's agroeconomy) as a commodity crop grown at scale in farm fields, whether as a food crop, fodder crop, or both; as:
The hyacinth bean: Lablab purpureus.
qualifier: loose
glosses: Any of several varieties of bean viewed (in a region's agroeconomy) as a commodity crop grown at scale in farm fields, whether as a food crop, fodder crop, or both; as:
A string bean, especially Phaseolus vulgaris.
qualifier: loose
glosses: Any of several varieties of bean viewed (in a region's agroeconomy) as a commodity crop grown at scale in farm fields, whether as a food crop, fodder crop, or both; as:
The broad bean: Vicia faba.
Forms:
form: field beans
tags: plural