Haricot

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

haricot
    n 1: a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored
         beans
    2: a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried
       [syn: {flageolet}, {haricot}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Haricot \Har"i*cot\ (h[a^]r"[-e]*k[-o]; F. [.a]`r[-e]`k[-o]"),
   n. [F.]
   1. A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
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   2. The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string
      bean ({Phaseolus vulgaris}), used as a vegetable. Other
      species of the same genus furnish different kinds of
      haricots.
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