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Vicia faba   Listen
Vicia faba

noun
1.
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder.  Synonyms: broad-bean, broad-bean plant, broad bean, English bean, European bean, field bean.





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... Vicia faba (Leguminosae).—Seventeen covered-up plants yielded 40 beans, whilst seventeen plants left unprotected and growing close alongside produced 135 beans; these latter plants were, therefore, between three and four times more fertile than the protected plants: see 'Gardeners' ...
— The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom • Charles Darwin


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