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A closeup of a pair of  beans.

A closeup of a pair of coffee beans.

The term bean is widely used to refer to the seed pod of many plant lifeforms. While the term specifically refers to certain fruit plants, common language of humanoid civilizations' food culture also refers to many other vegetables and legumes as beans.

History and specifics


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Salgado Amiga's recipe for chili started off with an admonition to omit both beans and tomatoes from the ingredients. (ST - Red Shirts comic: "Issue 4")

Types of beans

Bean preparations

Appendices

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