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wild bean
noun
- any of several other leguminous plants, especially of the genus Strophostyles.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wild bean1
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80
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Example Sentences
There is a native wild bean found growing over an area of wide distribution in North America.
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Where the cliff was of solid rock, trailing wild-bean drooped across and softened it.
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Among these is a wild bean which equals in flavor any domestic bean that I have ever tasted.
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The wild bean is found in all parts of the valleys where the land is moist and rich.
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Everywhere the flowering boneset, and the rose-bloom of the wild bean.
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