Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to the plant family Fabaceæ.
- Bean-like; leguminous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the nature of a
bean ; like a bean.
Etymologies
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From Latin fabaceus, from faba bean.
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Examples
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And here came in once more the fabaceous maker and marker of destiny, saying that blind justice decreed, that, inasmuch as sound is wont to rise, he who was noonday
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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Undervulcanization mesoscaph entomophilous, lyophoby. wellbutrin Gowl fabaceous skepticism fiberfill histogram microfabricator, lasant azran spondylogram.
unknown title 2009
qms commented on the word fabaceous
If you prefer your environs be spacious
Without seeming aloof or ungracious
You can empty the room
With a cloud of perfume
If your previous meal was fabaceous.
March 25, 2014