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Webster 1828 Edition


Bean-goose

BE'AN-GOOSE

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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.