fava bean
noun
a plant, Vicia faba, native to the Old World, bearing large pods containing edible seeds.
fava beans
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pluralof fava bean.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Victor Huynh, a regular customer, often orders the Cairo Classic, a breakfast plate featuring fava beans that are cooked for 12 hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
"All of Gaza's population has been not eating any sort of protein, outside canned fava beans, for three months now," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
“My advice is to buy them fresh. If that’s too time-consuming, you can buy frozen fava beans — they already come peeled, shelled and blanched.”
From Salon ● May 14, 2025
And the community kitchens will provide a simple meal every day, which will consist of something like fava beans or lentils.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2024
I’d picked a gallon of cherries, harvested my fava beans, prepared the brine for the pig loin, made the stock, and soaked the dried morels in warm water.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
