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black beans

black beans is the plural of black bean.

Meaning of black bean

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.

Questions about black beans

What is black beans the plural of?
Black beans is the plural of black bean.

Words near black beans in the dictionary

  1. black bean
  2. black bean aphid
  3. black bean aphids
  4. black bean sauce
  5. black bean sauces
  6. black beans
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  8. black bearded saki
  9. black bearded sakis
  10. black bears
  11. black beauties

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