HARICOT

flageolet, haricot

(noun) a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried

haricot

(noun) a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

haricot (plural haricots)

A common bean.

Synonyms

• common bean

Etymology 2

Noun

haricot (plural haricots)

A stew of lamb and vegetables.

Anagrams

• Torahic, Torchia, chariot

Source: Wiktionary


Har"i*cot, n. Etym: [F.]

1. A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.

2. The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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