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noun

Haricot n.

A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.

The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.

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Etymology of 'Haricot'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Haricot" Quotes from Famous Books

... * * 2 Onions * * 1/2 pint of Milk * * 2 quarts Bone Stock—1 1/2d. * * Total Cost—5 1/2 d. * * Time—Four Hours * Soak the haricot beans for an hour or two, then put them into a saucepan with the stock or water, the onions, and 1 dozen white peppercorns; boil for four hours and then rub through a sieve, return to the saucepan with the milk and ...

— The Art of Living in Australia • Philip E. Muskett (?-1909)

... fact looked upon as "common, and without spice," a number of dishes were served under the generic name of soup, which constituted the principal luxuries at the great tables in the fourteenth century, but which do not altogether bear out the names under which we find them. For instance, there was haricot mutton, a sort of stew; thin chicken broth; veal broth with herbs; soup made of veal, roe, stag, wild boar, pork, hare and rabbit soup flavoured with ...

— Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period • Paul Lacroix

Words linked to "Haricot" : flageolet, green bean, common bean, haricot vert