BE'AN-GOOSE, noun A species of Anas; a migratory bird, which arrives in England in autumn, and retires to the north in summer. It is so named, from the likeness of the nail of the bill to a horse-bean. Bean-tree of America, a name given to the Erythrina. Kidney-Bean-tree, a name given to the Glycine. Binding-bean tree, a name given to the Mimosa. Bean-trefoil, the Cytisus.
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