sea bean

English

drift seeds of three legume species found on the coast of Mozambique in 2004:
1. Snuff Box Sea Bean (Entada rheedii)
2. Grey nickernut (Caesalpinia bonduc)
3.a+b Colour forms of Ox-eye beans (Mucuna gigantea)

Wikispecies

Noun

sea bean (countable and uncountable, plural sea beans)

1. A drift seed or drift fruit.
2. Salicornia, glasswort, when considered as food.
3. A small univalve shell.
4. The lid of the aperture of any shell of the family Turbinidae, formerly worn as amulets.