(any of several plants with) a seed in a long container (pod) (all used as vegetables)
small hard pellet
Cases of word usage
1) a seed of a pea, bean or lentils used as food; the regular beat of the arteries, e.g. felt at the wrist, as the blood is pumped through them by the heart; the activities or thrill of life or emotion (pulse)
2) runner bean (string bean)