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(a) smooth, usu kidney-shaped, seed, used as a vegetable 豆子: ,broad `beans 蚕豆
`kidney beans 菜豆 * `soya beans 大豆
,haricot `beans 扁豆.
(b) any of the various plants that bear these seeds in long pods 豆科植物.
(c) pod containing such seeds, which is itself eaten as a vegetable 豆荚（可食用）:,runner `beans 红花菜豆.
2 similar seed of other plants, eg cocoa or coffee 其他植物的豆状果实（如可可豆或咖啡豆）.
3 (idm 习语) full of beans/life => full. a hill of beans => hill. know how many beans make five => know. not have a `bean (infml 口) have no money 不名一文. spill the beans => spill1.