fava
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- noun
- /ˈfɑːvə/
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- Let's continue to celebrate our heirloom fava bean growers and our grass-fed goat herders.
- fava beans
- fresh fava
- shelled fava
Her mother always beside him, shelling fava beans or peeling beets.
- Her mother always beside him, shelling fava beans or peeling beets.
- You know, like I I'm going to eat your liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti type of thing.
Examples
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I added fava beans to the salad for a boost of flavor and texture.
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One cup of beans—like fava beans in Africa and the Middle East, and tarwi, lupini, and tepary beans in Latin America—provides a third of an adult's daily requirement of protein.
Academic text (1995) -
Got a big bunch of green garlic, some new potatoes, gorgeous fava beans.
Blog text (18) -
You know, they found fava beans in the Egyptian tombs.
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Well, I've spent hours watching the Nature Channel... while shelling fava beans.
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Well, it's seasonal, but right now we've got some fava beans, broccoli.
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The Yellow Team made pan-roasted cod, mushrooms, fava beans, pickled green apple, and garlic scape pistou.
Blog text (2) -
Ful medames, a fava bean mash that's similar to Mexican refried beans, is one of the staples of an Egyptian diet.
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In Mediterranean cuisine, fava beans are often used to make delicious dips.
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You can find fava beans in many traditional Middle Eastern dishes, enhancing their taste and nutrition.
Synonyms
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A large flat seed from the broad bean plant that people cook and eat
A large flat edible seed eaten as a vegetable and often called a fava bean
A plant from Europe and Asia that makes large flat beans people and animals eat
A large flat bean that people cook and eat, also called fava
A plant from Europe that produces large flat seeds eaten by people and fed to animals
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fava for the broad bean comes from the old Latin word faba, meaning 'bean', and passed into Italian as fava, so it simply names a type of bean — the same root you hear in the English name 'fava bean'.