Faba

See also: faba and fába

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

• Fabaceae (family)
• Fabales (order)
• Fabavirus