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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several varieties of the kidney bean, cultivated for their edible white seeds.
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- noun A white bean of a variety of
common bean ,Phaseolus vulgaris ,
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- noun white-seeded bean; usually dried
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From its former use as a standard provision of the US Navy.]
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