1. Seed of the broad-bean plant
   "The Mediterranean dish featured tender fava beans";
   - broad bean, horsebean, fava [N. Amer]
    
2. Shell beans cooked as lima beans
   "She pureed cooked fava beans with garlic and olive oil to make a spread";
   - broad bean, fava [N. Amer]

Derived forms: fava beans

Type of: bean, shell bean

Part of: broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia faba

Encyclopedia: Fava bean