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  • 21bean — /bin / (say been) noun 1. the edible fruit or seed of various species of the family Fabaceae especially of the genus Phaseolus used either fresh or dried. 2. a plant producing such seeds. 3. any of various other bean like seeds or plants, as the… …

  • 22Bean weevil — Taxobox name = Bean weevils image width = 250px image caption = Acanthoscelides obtectus regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera subordo = Polyphaga infraordo = Cucujiformia superfamilia = Chrysomeloidea familia …

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  • 23Bean bag — A bean bag (also beanbag) is a sealed bag containing dried beans or PVC pellets, with various applications. As bean bag games are not apt to cause injury or insult, they are referenced in the famous aphorism by the Irish American politico Finley… …

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  • 24bean — bean1 S3 [bi:n] n [: Old English;] 1.) a seed or a ↑pod (=case containing seeds) , that comes from a climbing plant and is cooked as food. There are very many types of beans. ▪ baked beans ▪ Soak the beans overnight. ▪ kidney beans ▪ green beans …

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  • 25bean — 1 noun (C) 1 VEGETABLE a) a seed from one of many types of climbing plants, that is often used as food b) a pod (=seed case) from a bean plant that is used as food when the seeds are young: green beans 2 PLANT a plant that produces beans 3 COFFEE …

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  • 26Bean curve — The bean curve is a quartic plane curve with the equation::x^4+x^2y^2+y^4=x(x^2+y^2) ,It is not the same as another curve also called the bean curve, or crooked egg curve, but both curves belong to a family of similar bean shaped curves.The bean… …

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  • 27bean — bean1 [ bin ] noun count ** 1. ) a seed of various plants that is cooked and eaten. There are many different types of beans, for example kidney beans, soybeans, and green beans. a ) a dried bean that you GRIND (=make into a powder) and use to… …

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  • 28bean — [[t]bi͟ːn[/t]] ♦♦♦ beans 1) N COUNT: usu pl, usu adj N Beans such as green beans, french beans, or broad beans are the seeds of a climbing plant or the long thin cases which contain those seeds. 2) N COUNT: usu pl, usu n N Beans such as soya… …

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  • 29bean */*/ — UK [biːn] / US [bɪn] noun [countable] Word forms bean : singular bean plural beans a seed of various plants that is cooked and eaten. There are many different types of beans, for example kidney beans, soya beans, and green beans. a) a dried bean… …

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  • 30bean —  1. Small sum of money.  2. not to have a bean Be without money.  3. not worth a bean Worth very little …

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