black bean

black bean
noun
black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried
• Syn: ↑turtle bean
• Hypernyms: ↑common bean

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I. noun
1. : the seed or wood of Moreton Bay chestnut
3. : any of several black-seeded beans of the genus Phaseolus used especially in So. America for food
II. noun
: a black soybean commonly used usually fermented in Oriental cuisine

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any of various black-colored beans or legumes.
[1790-95]

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black bean noun
1. An Australian tree, Castanospermum australe, with attractive wood
2. The wood of this tree
3. Any black bean of the genus Phaseolus
4. A soya bean, the seed of the plant Glycine max, used in Asiatic cookery after fermenting, salting and seasoning
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Main Entry: ↑black

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black bean,
1. a) the edible, black seed of any of various bean plants, especially several varieties grown in South America. b) the plant it grows on.
2. a) = lablab. (Cf. ↑lablab) b) = Egyptian bean. (Cf. ↑Egyptian bean)

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n.
1) either of two cultivated varieties of bean plant having small black seeds: ●
a) a variety of soybean, used fermented in Asian cooking
b) a Mexican variety of string bean
■ the dried seed of such a plant used as a vegetable
2) either of two Australian plants of the pea family: ●
a) a large tree with red or yellow flowers, dark beanlike seeds, and a hard and decorative wood (Castanospermum australe, family Leguminosae)
b) a liana with blackish flowers (Kennedia nigricans, family Leguminosae)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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