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 | informal terms for a human head |
seed of the broad-bean plant | 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 |