sea bean

English
drift seeds of three legume species found on the coast of Mozambique in 2004:
1. Snuff Box Sea Bean (Entada rheedii)
2. Grey nickernut (Caesalpinia bonduc)
3.a+b Colour forms of Ox-eye beans (Mucuna gigantea)

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Noun

sea bean (countable and uncountable, plural sea beans)

  1. A drift seed or drift fruit.
  2. Glasswort (Salicornia spp.), when considered as food.
  3. A small univalve shell.
  4. The lid of the aperture of any shell of the family Turbinidae, formerly worn as amulets.
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