A large bean plant (also called broad bean or fava bean) that produces edible seeds used as food.
From Latin faba, which is the direct Latin name for the bean plant. The word has remained relatively unchanged since ancient Roman times when this nutritious crop was widely cultivated.
Faba beans fed Roman soldiers and European peasants for thousands of years, and they're actually more protein-rich than soybeans—yet most of us have never heard of them because of global food marketing trends.
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