horsebean

2 definitions found

horsebean - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

horsebean - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  horsebean
      n 1: seed of the broad-bean plant [syn: broad bean, fava bean
           , horsebean]
      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
         , horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata]