Definition of English bean

1. Noun. Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder.


Lexicographical Neighbors of English Bean

English
English-Canadian
English-Gothic
English-Gothic architecture
English-speaking
English-weed
English Bluebell
English Canada
English Carrier
English Carriers
English Channel
English Civil War
English English
English Midlands
English Revolution
English bean (current term)
English billiards
English bond
English bonds
English breakfast tea
English bulldog
English cavalry saddle
English cocker spaniel
English covenants
English daisy
English department
English disease
English elm
English foxhound

Literary usage of English bean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1860)
"GEST., if he would, through the columns of that paper, favor them with the result of his experience in the culture of the English bean, and the .feeding ..."

2. The Library of Agricultural and Horticultural Knowledge: With an Appendix on by John Baxter (1830)
"Both seemed alike during the severe winter of 1829-30, and it was thought by many that the English bean would be ready for harvesting as soon as the other; ..."

3. The English Gardener: Or, A Treatise on the Situation, Soil, Enclosing, and by William Cobbett (1833)
"The English bean, which is that that we have now to speak of, has several varieties, the favourite among which, is the broad bean, or Windsor bean. ..."

4. The English Gardener: Or, A Treatise on the Situation, Soil, Enclosing, and by William Cobbett (1833)
"The English bean, which is that that we have now to speak of, has several varieties, the favourite among which, is the broad bean, or Windsor bean. ..."

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