bean
noun
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
beanlike
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a word derived from
bean.
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The image is in equal parts ordered and disordered: the fibers snake around one another on the outside of the beanlike shape and shoot out in near parallel closer to its center.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 12, 2021
