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1. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
   - edible bean
    
2. Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
    
3. Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
   - bean plant
    
4. [informal] The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
   - head, caput [technical], bonce [Brit, informal], noodle [informal], noggin [informal], dome [informal], nob [informal], napper [Brit, informal], skull [informal], nut [informal]

1. Hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball

Sounds like: been

Derived forms: beans, beaning, beaned

Type of: external body part, hit, human head, legume, leguminous plant, seed

Part of: animal, animate being, beast, body, brute, creature, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, fauna, legume family, Leguminosae, organic structure, pea family

Encyclopedia: Bean, Kent