Fabale

Latin-English

făbāl|e, -is. (faˈba.le) neut.

1. A beanstalk.

[fabalis.]

Loci

• αʹ Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 37.2:

Stercus unde facias: stramenta, lupinum, paleas, fabalia, acus, frondem iligneam, querneam.

You can make manure from straw, lupin, chaff, beanstalks, husks, and boughs of oak and holm oak.