Bean

{ben) [ME., bene]. The seeds of several plants, mostly Leguminosce, especially that of the common bean, Faba -vulgar is. B. of St. Ignatius. See Ignatia. Bearberry. See L’va itrsi. Bear’s-foot. Leaf-cup. A composite-flowered plant, Polymnia uz’edalia of N. America. A popular remedy for enlargement of the spleen, or the “ague-cake”’ of malarious regions. 142