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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 term for a human head
   "use your bean";
   - bonce [Brit], noodle, noggin, dome, nob, skull, nut, noddle [Brit]

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

Sounds like: been

Derived forms: beaning, beans, beaned

Type of: brain, head, hit, human head, legume, leguminous plant, mind, nous, psyche, seed

Part of: Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family

Encyclopedia: Bean, Kent