Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun broad_bean

4 senses of broad bean

Sense 1
broad bean, fava bean, horsebean -- (seed of the broad-bean plant)
       => bean -- (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)

Sense 2
broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia faba -- (Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder)
       => shell bean, shell bean plant -- (a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod)

Sense 3
broad bean, horse bean -- (a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder)
       => fodder -- (coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop)

Sense 4
fava bean, broad bean -- (shell beans cooked as lima beans)
       => shell bean -- (unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking)