A small, high-pitched recorder or flute-like musical instrument; or a type of small kidney bean.
From Middle French flageolet, diminutive of Old French flageol (flute), ultimately from Latin flatuosus (windy), referring to the wind-blown sound.
This word has a delightful double life—it names both an obscure medieval musical instrument AND a variety of tiny green bean—showing how culinary and musical traditions name things independently.
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