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callivance

callivance is the alternative form of calavance.

Meaning of calavance

Noun

calavance (countable and uncountable, plural calavances)

  1. Any bean, but especially the hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus).
  2. Food made from beans.

Forms of callivance

pluralcallivances

Questions about callivance

What is callivance the alternative form of?
Callivance is the alternative form of calavance.

Words near callivance in the dictionary

  1. callitrichids
  2. callitrichine
  3. callitrichines
  4. callitype
  5. callitypes
  6. callivance
  7. callivances
  8. calloc
  9. callogenesis
  10. callogenic
  11. calloo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: callivance (page history and authors); calavance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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