black bean

See also: blackbean

English

Castanospermum australe, potted

Noun

black bean (countable and uncountable, plural black beans)

1. A bean plant with black seeds.
2. A dried seed of a black bean plant.
3. A dried black seed of certain varieties of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
4. A fermented soybean, used in Asian cooking.
5. An Australian tree of species Castanospermum australe.

   Synonym: Moreton Bay chestnut

Synonyms

• (black seed of variety of common bean): black turtle bean

See also

• chestnut

Further reading

• black bean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phaseolus vulgaris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Castanospermum australe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies