Haricot

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Haricot \Har"i*cot\ (h[a^]r"[-e]*k[-o]; F. [.a]`r[-e]`k[-o]"),
     n. [F.]
     1. A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string


        bean ({Phaseolus vulgaris}), used as a vegetable. Other
        species of the same genus furnish different kinds of
        haricots.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  haricot
       n 1: a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored
            beans
       2: a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually
          dried [syn: {flageolet}]