2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less
resembling true beans. Bean aphis (Zoöl.), a plant louse (Aphis fabæ)
which infests the bean plant.
— Bean fly (Zoöl.), a fly found on bean flowers.
— Bean goose (Zoöl.), a species of goose (Anser segetum).
— Bean weevil (Zoöl.), a small weevil that in the larval state
destroys beans. The American species in Bruchus fabæ.
— Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West Indian
plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often
polished and made into ornaments.
— Ignatius bean, or St. Ignatius's bean (Bot.), a species of
Strychnos.
— Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so
called because an important article of food in the navy.
— Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible
white bean; — so called from its size.
— Sacred bean. See under Sacred.
— Screw bean. See under Screw.
— Sea bean. (a) Same as Florida bean. (b) A red bean of unknown
species used for ornament.
— Tonquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of Dipteryx
odorata, a leguminous tree.
— Vanilla bean. See under Vanilla.
BEAN CAPER
Bean" ca`per. (Bot.)
Defn: A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum.
BEAN TREFOIL
Bean" tre"foil. (Bot.)
Defn: A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves
(Anagyris foetida).
BEAR Bear, v. t. [imp. Bore (formerly Bare (); p. p. Born, Borne (p. pr. & vb. n. Bearing.] Etym: [OE. beren, AS. beran, beoran, to bear, carry, produce; akin to D. baren to bring forth, G. gebären, Goth. baíran to bear or carry, Icel. bera, Sw. bära, Dan. bære, OHG. beran, peran, L. ferre to bear, carry, produce, Gr. , OSlav brati to take, carry, OIr. berim I bear, Skr. bh to bear. sq. root92. Cf. Fertile.]
1. To support or sustain; to hold up.
2. To support and remove or carry; to convey. I 'll bear your logs the while. Shak.
3. To conduct; to bring; — said of persons. [Obs.] Bear them to my house. Shak.
4. To possess and use, as power; to exercise. Every man should bear rule in his own house. Esther i. 22.