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
haricot (plural haricots)
A common bean.
• common bean
haricot (plural haricots)
A stew of lamb and vegetables.
• 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
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
