black bean
a black variety of kidney bean, used in Latin American cooking.
a black soybean, fermented and used in Asian cooking.
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How to use black bean in a sentence
If you can find it, opt for a soup with a legume base like lentil or black bean.
It will be seen that they voted with beans—a white bean for "No," a black bean for "Yes."
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study | Edward HuttonWhoso drew a white bean was to be held prisoner of war; whoso drew a black bean was to die.
Marse Henry (Vol. 2) | Henry WattersonSince every such hybrid child has this same combination of a white and a black bean, all these hybrids are alike.
How to Live | Irving Fisher and Eugene FiskI cook pigeon broth as they do in Boulogne, I make black bean soup as they do in Spain.
Masters of the Guild | L. Lamprey
Afterward the voting was by corn and beans, a grain of Indian corn signifying election, and a black bean the contrary.
The Land We Live In | Henry Mann
British Dictionary definitions for black bean
an Australian leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe, having thin smooth bark and yellow or reddish flowers: used in furniture manufacture: Also called: Moreton Bay chestnut
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