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black bean

black bean noun: a bean plant with black seeds.

black bean: a bean plant with black seeds
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Noun

black bean (countable and uncountable, plural black beans)

  1. A bean plant with black seeds.
  2. A dried seed of a black bean plant.
  3. A dried black seed of certain varieties of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
  4. A fermented soybean, used in Asian cooking.
  5. An Australian tree of the species Castanospermum australe.

Synonyms of black bean

Forms of black bean

pluralblack beans

Questions about black bean

What does black bean mean?
Black bean means a bean plant with black seeds.
What part of speech is black bean?
Black bean is a noun.
What is the plural of black bean?
The plural of black bean is black beans.

Words near black bean in the dictionary

  1. black bamboos
  2. black band disease
  3. Black Bank
  4. black bass
  5. black basses
  6. black bean
  7. black bean aphid
  8. black bean aphids
  9. black bean sauce
  10. black bean sauces
  11. black beans

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