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Meanings of white bean in English

Portuguese
feijão

White-seeded bean; usually dried.

        feijão
        Usage of white bean in English
        1
        To serve, spoon some white bean hummus onto each warm flat bread.
        The Guardian
        2
        You might as well have tried to light benighted Africa with a white bean.
        Remarks
        3
        In the palm of her hand was a white bean.
        The city of ember: book 1
        4
        Slice the steaks and serve alongside the white bean mash.
        Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express: 404 Inspired Seasonal Dishes You...
        5
        The white bean casserole is the easiest to prepare.
        The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
        6
        It is of the size of a large white bean, with a rich and very pleasant flavor.
        The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom / Considered in...
        7
        Baked Pita Triangles with white bean spread
        Food matters: a guide to conscious eating with more than 75 reci...
        8
        It ran over the red stone, and clasped it with long green branches, covered with white bean flowers.
        New National Fourth Reader
        9
        Whoso drew a white bean was to be held prisoner of war; whoso drew a black bean was to die.
        Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
        10
        One of his familiars started the joke that when Wake drew the second white bean "he got a peep."
        Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
        11
        Try the gluten-free seabass, with white bean purée, sautéed spinach, peas and brown shrimp butter sauce or one of their juicy steak dishes.
        The Irish Times
        12
        Rub a white bean on the warts, wrap it in paper, and throw it on the road; whoever picks it up will get the warts.
        Current Superstitions / Collected from the Oral Tradition of Eng...
        13
        Some of the peons screamed with joy after drawing their white beans.
        Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
        14
        Pick over and wash two-thirds of a cupful of white beans.
        Things Mother Used to Make / A Collection of Old Time Recipes, S...
        15
        They tried to make me give him white beans and oil.
        Whosoever Shall Offend
        16
        Pick over and wash well one quart of small white beans; soak over night.
        Recipes Tried and True
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        Translations for white bean
        Portuguese
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