horsebean

• 名词，指蚕豆（Vicia faba）的种子或植株，也可指一种热带美洲带刺灌木或乔木（Parkinsonia aculeata），有羽状复叶和黄橙色花，常作观赏植物、绿篱或应急饲料。

A noun referring to either the seed of the broad-bean plant or a large tropical American shrub/tree with sharp spines, pinnate leaves, and yellow-orange flowers, used as an ornamental, hedging, or emergency livestock feed.

1. B2formalculinary

   The edible seed of the broad bean plant, often used as food for animals or humans.

   蚕豆

   • Horsebeans are commonly used as fodder for livestock.
   • The farmer harvested a large crop of horsebeans this season.
   • In some regions, horsebeans are cooked and eaten by people.

   同义词broad beanfava bean

2. Tropical shrub or treeC1formalamericanscientific

   A large shrub or small tree with sharp spines, pinnate leaves, and sweet-scented yellow-orange flowers, native to tropical America but naturalized in the southern United States. It is grown as an ornamental or hedging plant and its seeds can be used as emergency food for livestock.

   热带灌木或乔木

   • The horsebean tree is often planted as a hedge in tropical gardens.
   • Its fragrant yellow-orange flowers attract many pollinators.
   • During droughts, farmers sometimes use horsebean seeds as emergency feed for cattle.

   同义词jerusalem thornparkinsonia