haricot
NounSynonyms:
flageolet
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beansType of green bean
- a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually driedSynonyms: flageoletType of common bean
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Har′i·cot (hăr′ē-kō; F. ȧ′rē′kō′), noun
Origin: F.
1. A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
2. The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54