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pea bean

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Etymology

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From its size.

Noun

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pea bean (plural pea beans)

  1. Various varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris (common beans that can be eaten as string beans or cooked from dried beans).
    1. A very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean.
    2. A bicoloured (red-brown and white) bean found in Britain.
  2. The cowpea (Vigna unguiculata).