bean plant vs bean

bean plant and bean both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bean plant	Yes	No	No	No
bean	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bean plant and bean are synonyms defined as:

bean plant and bean: any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods

bean plant (noun)	bean (noun)
any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods	informal terms for a human head
	any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
	any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
	any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans

bean plant (verb)	bean (verb)
	hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball