Definitions for black bean
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
black′ bean′(n.)
any of various black-colored beans or legumes.
Category: Cooking, Plants
Origin of black bean:
1790–95
Princeton's WordNet
black bean, turtle bean(noun)
black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried
Wiktionary
black bean(Noun)
A bean plant with black seeds.
black bean(Noun)
A dried seed of a black bean plant.
black bean(Noun)
A dried black seed of certain varieties of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris.
black bean(Noun)
A fermented soybean, used in Asian cooking.
black bean(Noun)
An Australian tree (Castanospermum australe), also called Moreton Bay chestnut.
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