Definition of "broad bean" []

• An annual Old World plant (Vicia faba) in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves, white flowers with lateral purplish blotches, and long thick pods. (noun)
• The edible seed or green pod of this plant. It is the bean of antiquity. (noun)

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