Horsebean

2 definitions found

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

  horsebean \horsebean\ n.
     1. The seed of the broad-bean plant.
  
     Syn: broad bean, fava bean.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. A large shrub or shrubby tree ({Parkinsonia aculeata})
        having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small
        deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose
        yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or
        emergency food for livestock; originating in tropical
        America but naturalized in the Southern U. S.
  
     Syn: Jerusalem thorn, {Parkinsonia aculeata}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  horsebean
       n 1: seed of the broad-bean plant [syn: {broad bean}, {fava bean}]
       2: large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate
          leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented
          racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or
          hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America
          but naturalized in southern United States [syn: {Jerusalem
          thorn}, {Parkinsonia aculeata}]