european bean meaning

Noun: European bean

1. Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
   - broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, field bean, Vicia faba

Type of: shell bean, shell bean plant

Part of: genus Vicia, Vicia

Examples

1. I am unfamiliar with the history of beans on other continents, but surely even without European beans, the history of those continents would have been different, just as the commercial history of Europe would have been different without Chinese silk and Indian spices.
2. At the time of his death it was reported that his technique could serve as an indicator of mental illness, since " " the blood of persons suffering from certain types of mental illness acts as a poison on species of the European bean " ".