Definitions for navy bean

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

na′vy bean`(n.)

  1. a small, white kidney bean, dried for prolonged storage.

    Category: Plants

Origin of navy bean:

1885–60, Amer.; so called from wide use in the U.S. Navy

Princeton's WordNet

  1. navy bean, pea bean, white bean(noun)

    white-seeded bean; usually dried

Wiktionary

  1. navy bean(Noun)

    A white bean of a variety of common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris,


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