broad beans
- plural of broad bean.
Example Sentences
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Bean Soup, Green.—Boil a quart of ordinary broad-beans in some stock or water with an onion, carrot and celery.
From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by Payne, A. G.
These broad-beans, for instance—they seem to be a very fine sort.
From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George
A well-to-do farmer might rise to growing a little maize or cummin or millet or fenugreek for exportation, perhaps some broad-beans, chick-peas, or canary-seed; but the duties are heavy.
From In the Tail of the Peacock by Savory, Isabel
