- castor-oil plant by Jasmin Gutierrez
... fanlike leaves. The bristly, spined, bronze-to-red clusters of fruits are attractive but are often removed before they mature because of the poison concentrated in their mottled, beanlike seeds. There are hundreds of natural forms and many horticultural varieties of this species.
- vetch by Jace Johnson
... blue or purple flowers, and tendrils on the stems any of various similar and related plants, such as Lathyrus sativus, cultivated in parts of Europe, and the kidney vetch the beanlike fruit of any of these plants
- watercress by Grace Griffith
... are followed by small, beanlike seedpods. Watercress is often cultivated in tanks for its young shoots, which are used in salads. The delicate, light green, peppery-flavoured leaves are rich in vitamin C. Since watercress grown near cattle and sheep feedlots can become contaminated by feces containing cysts of the liver fluke, agent of the illness fascioliasis ...
- bean by Haley Carr
... seeds, such as the broad bean and soya bean any of various other plants whose seeds are produced in pods or podlike fruits the seed or pod of any of these plants any of various beanlike seeds, such as coffee