fava bean

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fava bean

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From fava + bean, from Italian fava.

noun fava beans

An edible bean (Vicia faba) native to Africa and Southwest Asia with a long tradition of cultivation. At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries. Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re cravin
Similar: bell bean, broad bean, faba bean, field bean, horse bean, Pythagorean bean, tic bean, Windsor bean

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@misc{fava_bean_2026,
  title = {fava bean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fava%20bean},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}