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noun

Haricot n.

A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.

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.

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Etymology of 'Haricot'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Haricot" Quotes from Famous Books

... candid curiosity awakens and commences to acquire knowledge of every kind. Little Paul has his own insectorium, in which the Scarabaeus makes his balls; his garden, the size of a handkerchief, in which he grows haricot beans, which are often dug up to see if the little roots are growing longer; his plantation, containing four oak-trees an inch in height, to which the acorns still adhere. These serve as diversions after the arid study of grammar, which goes forward none ...

— Social Life in the Insect World • J. H. Fabre

Words linked to "Haricot" : common bean, flageolet, haricot vert, green bean