The term bean usually excludes crops used mainly for oil extraction ( such as soybeans and peanuts ), as well as those used exclusively for sowing purposes ( such as clover and alfalfa ).

According to United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization the term bean should include only species of Phaseolus ; however, a strict consensus definition has proven difficult because in the past, several species such as Vigna ( angularis ( azuki bean ), mungo ( black gram ), radiata ( mung bean ), aconitifolia ( moth bean )) were classified as Phaseolus and later reclassified.

The use of term bean to refer to species other than Phaseolus thus remains.

In some countries, the term bean can mean a host of different species.

The term " faba " comes from Latin, and appears to simply mean " bean ".

* " Dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi " ( Irish proverb ) — similar Irish language term literally meaning a woman told me that a woman told her that …

The term fava bean ( from the Italian fava, meaning " broad bean ") is usually used in English-speaking countries such as the US, but the term broad bean is the most common name in the UK.

* The ancient Roman family name Fabia and the modern political term Fabian derive from this particular bean.

In English-language discussions of Chinese topics, the term " red bean " is often used ( especially in reference to red bean paste ), but in other contexts this usage can cause confusion with other beans that are also red.

Similarly, the Chinese term dòu shā (), applies to red bean paste when used without qualifiers, although hóngdòu shā ( 紅豆沙 ) explicitly means " red bean paste.

Of one thing we can be sure: they were not sketched out by the revolutionary theorists of the eighteenth century who formulated the political principles and originally shaped the political institutions of what we term the `` free society ''.

The term was originally coined in the 19th century by the founding sociologist and philosopher of science, Auguste Comte, and has become a major topic for psychologists ( especially evolutionary psychology researchers ), evolutionary biologists, and ethologists.

The Afroasiatic language family was originally referred to as " Hamito-Semitic ", a term introduced in the 1860s by the German scholar Karl Richard Lepsius.

The precise reference of this term has varied over time, perhaps originally referring only to the Ionian colonies along the coast.

The precise reference of this term has varied over time, perhaps originally referring to the Ionian colonies on the Asia Minor coast.

' American ' is derived from America, a term originally denoting all of the New World ( also called " the Americas ").

The term originally came from antibody generator and was a molecule that binds specifically to an antibody, but the term now also refers to any molecule or molecular fragment that can be bound by a major histocompatibility complex ( MHC ) and presented to a T-cell receptor.

According to Pausanias, writing in the 2nd century AD, the term ' Achaean ' was originally given to those Greeks inhabiting the Argolis and Laconia.

While the term — literally meaning " sailing the air "— originally referred solely to the science of operating the aircraft, it has since been expanded to include technology, business and other aspects related to aircraft.

The term is less common in modern texts, and was originally derived from a dichotomy with major tranquilizers, also known as neuroleptics or antipsychotics.

Moreover, although Reverend Peters claimed that the term blue law was originally used by Puritan colonists, his work has since been found to be unreliable.

Aristotle applies the term category ( perhaps not originally ) to ten highest-level classes.

The phylum was originally called " Polyzoa ", but this term was superseded by " Bryozoa " in 1831.

According to Jan Nattier, the term Mahāyāna (" Great Vehicle ") was originally even an honorary synonym for Bodhisattvayāna, or the " Bodhisattva Vehicle.

They were originally made from lignum vitae, a dense wood giving rise to the term " woods " for bowls, but are now more typically made of a hard plastic composite material.

The term " manic-depressive illness " or psychosis was coined by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin in the late nineteenth century, originally referring to all kinds of mood disorder.

The term originally signified a chant by alternate choirs, but has quite lost this meaning in the Breviary.

Black metal was originally used as a term for extreme metal bands with Satanic and anti-Christian lyrics ; today, the most common lyrical theme is opposition to Christianity and other organized religions.

The term " Casino " is of Italian origin, the root word being " Casa " ( house ) and originally meant a small country villa, summerhouse or pavilion.

The term " common law " originally derives from the 1150s and 1160s, when Henry II of England established the secular English tribunals.

The term " filial " ( meaning " of a child ") characterizes the respect that a child, originally a son, should show to his parents.

Fans sometimes make up explanations for such errors that may or may not be integrated into canon ; this has come to be colloquially known as fanwanking ( a term originally coined by the author Craig Hinton to describe excessive use of continuity ).

In a historical or geopolitical sense the term usually refers collectively to Christian majority countries or countries in which Christianity dominates or was a territorial phenomenon .“ Christendom is originally a medieval concept steadily to have evolved since the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the gradual rise of the Papacy more in religio-temporal implication practically during and after the reign of Charlemagne ; and the concept let itself to be lulled in the minds of the staunch believers to the archetype of a holy religious space inhabited by Christians, blessed by God, the Heavenly Father, ruled by Christ through the Church and protected by the Spirit-body of Christ ; no wonder, this concept, as included the whole of Europe and then the expanding Christian territories on earth, strengthened the roots of Romance of the greatness of Christianity in the world .”

In the lingo of the poker variation Texas Hold ' em, the hole cards Ace – King ( unsuited ) are sometimes referred to as an " Anna Kournikova ", a term introduced by the poker commentator Vince van Patten during a WPT tournament because it " looks great but never wins ".

This term referred to the temporary accommodation provided for those who went to Scotland to pick potatoes.

Archaeologists referred to one of these cultural groups as the Anasazi, although the term is not preferred by contemporary Pueblo peoples.

The Navajo people, who now reside in parts of former Pueblo territory, referred to the ancient people as, an exonym meaning " ancient enemies " although it is now used in the term " ancient people, or " ancient ones.

Although the origins of the term are not referred to in the text, the title served ( along with the general hype created in Australia ) to revive public interest in the legend.

Sign languages exhibit the use of polymorphemic constructions referred to as classifiers ( not all researchers term these constructions classifiers ).

The earliest recorded use of this term in English is in Thomas Hacket's 1568 translation of André Thévet's book on France Antarctique ; Thévet himself had referred to the natives as Ameriques.

Before Peter Ladefoged coined the term " approximant " in the 1960s the term " frictionless continuant " referred to non-lateral approximants.

However, by the Archaic and Classical periods, the term ' Achaeans ' referred to inhabitants of the much smaller region of Achaea.

Hence, historically, it is a daughter language of Dutch, and was previously referred to as " Cape Dutch " ( a term also used to refer collectively to the early Cape settlers ) or ' kitchen Dutch ' ( a crude or derogatory term Afrikaans was called in its earlier days ).

Later, many AMPS networks were partially converted to D-AMPS, often referred to as TDMA ( though TDMA is a generic term that applies to many cellular systems ).

This is an important concept amongst the asexual community where it is often referred to as romantic orientation and the term affectional orientation is rarely used.

Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok ( also spelled amuk, from the Malay meaning " mad with uncontrollable rage ") is a term for a killing spree perpetrated by an individual out of rage or resentment over perceived mistreatment.

Originally, the term antioxidant specifically referred to a chemical that prevented the consumption of oxygen.

Without using the term, 1920 saw the first rule that would be referred to today as defensive indifference, as stolen bases would not be credited, unless an effort was made to stop the runner by the defense.

Predominantly, however, the term referred to wheat.

The term armed boat, used primarily by English speaking naval forces, referred to any boat carrying either a cannon or armed occupants, such as marines.

Later, the term was widely used in canon law for an important determination, especially a decree issued by the Pope, now referred to as an apostolic constitution.

Before the 1970s, community colleges in the United States were more commonly referred to as junior colleges, and that term is still used at some institutions.

The Indians later referred to themselves as Meshicanos and even as Shicanos, thus giving birth to the term Chicano.