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haricot
1[ har-uh-koh ]
noun
- any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- the seed or unripe pod of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable.
haricot
2[ har-uh-koh ]
noun
- a stew of lamb or mutton with turnips and potatoes.
haricot
/ ˈhærɪkəʊ /
noun
- a variety of French bean with light-coloured edible seeds, which can be dried and stored
- another name for French bean
- the seed or pod of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of haricot1
C17: from French, perhaps from Nahuatl ayecotli
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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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