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palko — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bean noun The edible seed of various pod-bearing plants, or the pod itself, eaten as a vegetable.
  • legume noun The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
  • pod noun A seed case of a plant, especially a legume, that splits open when ripe.
  • shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

palko is used for these senses in English:

  • bean The edible seedpod of such a plant.
  • legume (botany) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
  • pod (botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
  • shell A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.

bean — full definition

  1. noun The edible seed of various pod-bearing plants, or the pod itself, eaten as a vegetable.
  2. verb Informally, to hit someone with a thrown object, especially on the head.

legume — full definition

  1. noun The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
  2. noun Any of a large family (Fabaceae, syn. Leguminosae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes or loments, bearing nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers).
  3. noun A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

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