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navy bean definition

☆ navy bean

a small, white variety of kidney bean, dried for use as a food

Etymology: from common use in the U.S. Navy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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