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NOUN (2)

1. a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried;
[syn: flageolet, haricot]

2. a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes;
[syn: flageolet, treble recorder, shepherd's pipe]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flageolet \Flag"eo*let`\, n. [F. flageolet, dim. of OF. flaj?l (as if fr. a LL. flautio;us), of fla["u]te, flahute, F. fl?te. See Flute.] (Mus.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder. [1913 Webster] Flageolet tones (Mus.), the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flageolet n 1: a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried [syn: flageolet, haricot] 2: a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes [syn: flageolet, treble recorder, shepherd's pipe]