haricot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a common bean, especially a small dried white bean used in cooking

   The pantry held two sacks of haricot beans.

2. 2
   noun

   a stew traditionally made with mutton or lamb and vegetables

   The cook served a warming haricot of lamb on the winter menu.

Borrowed from French haricot. The stew sense is older and may derive from Old French harigoter, 'to cut into pieces'; the bean sense appeared later and its precise connection with the stew remains disputed.

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