black bean

American

noun

a black variety of kidney bean, used in Latin American cooking.
a black soybean, fermented and used in Asian cooking.

black bean British

noun

Also called: Moreton Bay chestnut. an Australian leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe , having thin smooth bark and yellow or reddish flowers: used in furniture manufacture

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Etymology

Origin of black bean

First recorded in 1790–95

Example Sentences

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This week, my list looks like this: one pound of ground beef, a pound and a half of frozen chicken breasts, a can of black beans and 13 eggs.

From Salon

Blake’s worry is that the new pyramid doesn’t do enough to message the nutritional value of legumes like chickpeas or black beans, which are cost-effective and have both protein and fiber.

From MarketWatch

When he discovered black beans, he found them downright exotic—inky, fudgy, definitely not the same old pintos.

From The Wall Street Journal

She ate more black beans, lathered her scalp with French soap and opted for root perms.

From The Wall Street Journal

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