black bean


noun
  1. a black variety of kidney bean, used in Latin American cooking.

  2. a black soybean, fermented and used in Asian cooking.

Origin of black bean

1
First recorded in 1790–95

Words Nearby black bean

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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.

    9 Unhealthiest Takeout Foods | Divya Gugnani | October 24, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • It will be seen that they voted with beans—a white bean for "No," a black bean for "Yes."

  • Whoso drew a white bean was to be held prisoner of war; whoso drew a black bean was to die.

    Marse Henry (Vol. 2) | Henry Watterson
  • Since 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 Fisk
  • I cook pigeon broth as they do in Boulogne, I make black bean soup as they do in Spain.

  • 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

black bean

noun
  1. 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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