pinto bean

1. 1.

   mottled or spotted bean of southwestern United States; usually dried

   Broadercommon bean

Questions about pinto bean

What does pinto bean mean?

pinto bean means "mottled or spotted bean of southwestern United States; usually dried".

Is pinto bean a common word?

pinto bean is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.