bean

1. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food (synset 107740688)
   is a type of: legume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
   subtypes:

   • goa bean - Old World tropical bean
   • golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo - seed of the mung bean plant used for food
   • common bean - any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried
   • soy, soya, soya bean, soybean - the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)
   is a part of: bean, bean plant - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
   same as: edible bean
2. Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans (synset 113157075)
   is a type of: seed - a small hard fruit
   subtypes:

   • coumara nut, tonka bean - fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla
   • algarobilla, algarroba, algarrobilla - mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing
   • calabar bean, ordeal bean - dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft
   • divi-divi - twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree; source of tannin
   • algarroba, algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod - long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
   • soy, soya bean, soybean - a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
   • broad bean, fava bean, horsebean - seed of the broad-bean plant
   • golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo - seed of the mung bean plant; used for food
3. Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods (synset 112576812)
   is a type of: legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
   subtypes:

   • bush bean - a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports
   • pole bean - a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis
   • shell bean, shell bean plant - a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
   belongs to: fabaceae, family fabaceae, family leguminosae, legume family, leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
   has: bean, edible bean - any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
   same as: bean plant
4. Informal terms for a human head (synset 105547087)
   is a type of: human head - the head of a human being
   same as: attic, bonce, dome, noggin, noodle

1. Hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball (synset 201403510)
   is a type of: hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

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