calavance
calavance noun: any bean, but especially the hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus).
Noun
calavance (countable and uncountable, plural calavances)
- Any bean, but especially the hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus).
- Food made from beans.
Forms of calavance
| plural | calavances |
|---|---|
| alternative form | callivance |
| alternative form | caravance |
| alternative form | galavance |
| alternative form | garavance |
| alternative form | garvance |
| alternative form | kalavansa |
Origin of calavance
A corruption of garbanzo.
Questions about calavance
- What does calavance mean?
- Calavance means any bean, but especially the hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus).
- What part of speech is calavance?
- Calavance is a noun.
- What is the plural of calavance?
- The plural of calavance is calavances.
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