Indian bean
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Indian bean
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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The kidney-shaped West Indian bean, which is sometimes driven upon the shore of the Feroes, is termed, by the natives "the Fairie's kidney."
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir
A cloud of the perfume of a West Indian bean went up from it, sweet and warm.
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
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