a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans
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a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried
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Haricot \Har"i*cot\ (h[a^]r"[-e]*k[-o]; F. [.a]`r[-e]`k[-o]"), n. [F.] 1. A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
2. 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.