bean vs vegetable

bean

noun
  • The edible seedpod of such a plant. 

  • The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean). 

  • The clitoris. 

  • An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items. 

  • A person. 

  • The head or brain. 

  • Money. 

  • The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such a a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean. 

  • Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods. 

verb
  • To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head. 

vegetable

noun
  • The edible part of such a plant. 

  • A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state. 

  • Any plant. 

  • A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense. 

adj
  • Of or relating to plants. 

  • Of or relating to vegetables. 

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