Florida bean: alternatives and connections

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of…

Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water…

To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicati…

One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called al…

A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of…

A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorp…

The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)

A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North Amer…

A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.

A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing int…

To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, op…

An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its…

Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.

A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core.

The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called als…