Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is one of the important grain legume crops in the temperate and subtropics.

蚕豆是世界温带和亚热带地区一种重要的食用豆类作物。

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An annual Old World plant (Vicia faba) in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves, white flowers with lateral purplish blotches, and long, thick pods.

蚕豆：一种东半球的豆科一年生植物(蚕豆野豌豆属)，有羽状复叶，开白花，花侧面带紫色斑点，豆荚长而厚。

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I also see some information on the faba bean flowers.

我又查看了一些有关蚕豆花的资料。

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According to Andy Flavell, a biologist at the University of Dundee, in Scotland, roughly 40% of the genome of the faba bean consists of copia-like elements.

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