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navy bean

navy bean noun: a white bean of a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).

Noun

navy bean (plural navy beans)

  1. A white bean of a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
    • Beans—Very scarce Navy Beans 112 a 115c.1851 May 10, “The Markets”, in North Carolina Standard, volume 1, no. 53, Raleigh, N.C., archived from the original on 25 Sep 2016, page 3
    • Janie […] baked big pans of navy beans with plenty of sugar and hunks of bacon laying on top.1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 132

Synonyms of navy bean

Forms of navy bean

pluralnavy beans

Origin of navy bean

So called because the United States Navy has served the beans as a staple to its sailors since the mid-1800s.

Questions about navy bean

What does navy bean mean?
Navy bean means a white bean of a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
What part of speech is navy bean?
Navy bean is a noun.
What is the plural of navy bean?
The plural of navy bean is navy beans.

Words near navy bean in the dictionary

  1. navving
  2. navvy
  3. navvying
  4. navy
  5. Navy Base
  6. navy bean
  7. navy beans
  8. navy blue
  9. navy blues
  10. navy list
  11. navy lists

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