field bean

/F IY1 L D B IY1 N/

noun

1
(loose) Any of several varieties of bean viewed (in a region's agroeconomy) as a commodity crop grown at scale in farm fields, whether as a food crop, fodder crop, or both; as:
2
A string bean, especially Phaseolus vulgaris.
3
The hyacinth bean: Lablab purpureus.
4
The broad bean: Vicia faba.

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