[syn: Jerusalem thorn, horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata]
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]