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• an edible seed, typically kidney-shaped, growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants.

• "a tin of beans"

• a leguminous plant that bears beans in pods.

• a very small amount or nothing at all of something (used emphatically).

• "there is not a single bean of substance in the report"

• a person's head, especially when regarded as a source of common sense.

• "this morning the old bean seems to be functioning in a slow way"

• hit (someone) on the head.

• "she picked up a rock and beaned him on the forehead"

Origin: Old English bēan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boon and German Bohne .

• lively; in high spirits.
"she was laughing and shouting and generally full of beans"

• be sensible and intelligent.
"Emily certainly knew how many beans made five"

• a friendly form of address to a man.
"great to see you, old bean!"

• anything of any importance or value.
"three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world"