Small bean-shaped pieces of wood added to wine during winemaking to impart oak flavors. Less expensive than oak barrels, beans are used primarily in inexpensive wines. They are rounder in shape and th [..]

Beans [S]mentioned in 2 Samuel 17:28 as having been brought to David when flying from Absalom. They formed a constituent in the bread ( Ezekiel 4:9 ) was commanded to make, as they were in general muc [..]

  Beans are also called pulses when they are grown for the dry bean, but legumes otherwise.   The common bean, pods of which are eaten fresh, is Phaseolus vulgaris.  Kidney beans are a pulse, but the [..]

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(2 Samuel 17:28; Ezekiel 4:9) Beans are cultivated in Palestine, which produces many of the leguminous order of plants, such, as lentils, kidney-beans, vetches, etc.

mentioned in 2 Sam. 17:28 as having been brought to David when flying from Absalom. They formed a constituent in the bread Ezekiel (4:9) was commanded to make, as they were in general much used as an [..]

This is a bad dream. To see them growing, omens worries and sickness among children. Dried beans, means much disappointment in worldly affairs. Care should be taken to prevent contagious diseases from spreading. To dream of eating them, implies the misfortune or illness of a well loved friend.   

Originally the name of the large, smooth, kidney-shaped, edible seeds within the uneatable long pods of the “broad bean.”

Originally the name of the large, smooth, kidney-shaped, edible seeds within the uneatable long pods of the “broad bean.”

There are two broad categories of Jamaican beans fresh and dried. Some beans, such as black-eyed peas and cranberry beans can be found in both fresh and dried forms. Fresh Jamaican beans are those that are commercially available in their fresh form and are generally sold in their pods. The three most commonly available fresh-bean varieties are gree [..]

BUTTER another name for lima beans; a large off-white bean with a mealy texture and sweet flavour. CANNELLINI small, dried white beans similar in appearance and flavour to other Phaseolus vulgaris varities - great northern and navy or haricot beans. GREEN sometimes called french or string beans, this long fresh bean is consumed pod and all. MEXICAN [..]

Interchangeable terms for red kidney beans, black beans, black-eyed peas, pigeon peas (gandules), and yellow and green lentils. Often combined with rice, used in soups and stews or pulped and made int [..]

Frijoles (beans) are probably the most staple ingredient in Latino cuisine. If you like them, I would have to ask you which ones you prefer, because there are so many different types: big, small, pale [..]

Brazilians love many varieties of beans including brown beans or feijao mulatinha (these lighter mulatto beans the choice of Sao Paulo and Southern States of Brazil), black beans or feijao negro (the choice of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Pernambuco) and dark beans.  Kidney beans are almost never found in Brazilian dishes, but black-eyed peas (cowpea [..]

slang for property, money, is the French biens, goods. “A bean” = a guinea, is in Grose.

Interchangeable terms for red kidney beans, black beans, black-eyed peas, pigeon peas (gandules), and yellow and green lentils. Often combined with rice, used in soups and stews or pulped and made int [..]

Common name for Ricinus communis, a species in the Family Euphorbiaceae. It is the source of Castor Oil.

A Plant species of the genus Vicia, Family Fabaceae. The edible beans are well known but they cause Favism in some individuals with Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency. This Plant contains vicin [..]

Edible beans from Phaseolus vulgaris.

An annual Legume or the Seeds of this Plant.

Edible beans from Phaseolus acutifolius.

A Plant genus of the Family Fabaceae that is the source of mucuna gum.

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