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sugar bean

sugar bean noun: a red-speckled variety of dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), commonly cultivated as a nutritious legume vegetable, particularly in South African cuisine.

Noun

sugar bean (plural sugar beans)

  1. A red-speckled variety of dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), commonly cultivated as a nutritious legume vegetable, particularly in South African cuisine.
  2. A type of sweet in Belgium traditionally given on the occasion of the birth or baptism of a child.

Forms of sugar bean

pluralsugar beans

Questions about sugar bean

What does sugar bean mean?
Sugar bean means a red-speckled variety of dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), commonly cultivated as a nutritious legume vegetable, particularly in South African cuisine.
What part of speech is sugar bean?
Sugar bean is a noun.
What is the plural of sugar bean?
The plural of sugar bean is sugar beans.

Words near sugar bean in the dictionary

  1. sugar bags
  2. sugar baker
  3. sugar bakers
  4. sugar basin
  5. sugar basins
  6. sugar bean
  7. sugar beans
  8. sugar bear
  9. sugar bears
  10. sugar beet
  11. sugar beets

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