black bean

Meaning

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

Synonyms

turtle bean

tree

🌳

salted

black-eyed pea

string bean

white bean

fermented bean

dried

black curded bean

preserved