haricot

¹

[ har-uh-koh ]

noun

1. any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
2. the seed or unripe pod of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable.

haricot

²

[ har-uh-koh ]

noun

1. a stew of lamb or mutton with turnips and potatoes.

haricot

/ ˈhærɪkəʊ /

noun

1. a variety of French bean with light-coloured edible seeds, which can be dried and stored
2. See French bean
   another name for French bean
3. the seed or pod of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable

Word History and Origins

Origin of haricot¹

1605–15; < French, earlier feve d'aricot., perhaps ultimately < Nahuatl ayacohtli, ayecohtli bean, but influenced by haricot stew ( haricot ² ), in which such beans can be an ingredient

Origin of haricot²

1605–15; < French; Middle French hericot ( de mouton ), probably noun derivative (perhaps influenced by écot lopped branch) of Old French harigoter to tear into scraps, perhaps derivative, with v. suffix -oter, of Old Low Franconian *hariôn to fight, make war on ( harry )

Word History and Origins

Origin of haricot¹

C17: from French, perhaps from Nahuatl ayecotli

Example Sentences

If you had supped with me, your meal had been a mess of haricot, washed down with the light wines of the "Pays Latin.'"

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Weigh out 250 grammes haricot beans and add to the water in the flask.

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Weigh out 250 grammes haricot beans, place in the flask with the agar mixture.

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We added to this some haricot beans, with butter and sweet herbs, and a dish of young potatoes.

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The cooks are in a very bad temper because the haricot beans, defying all efforts and coaxings, remain obdurately hard.

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