Faba

See also: faba and fába

Translingual

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-der.
Proto-Italic *fabā
Latin fababor.
Translingual Faba

    Borrowed from Latin faba (“bean, horse bean”).

    Proper noun

    Faba f

    1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cryptoniscidae – hyperparasites of rhizocephalid barnacles.
    2. (obsolete) The genus Vicia of beans.

    Derived terms

    from obsolete sense
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