white bean

1. 1.

   white-seeded bean; usually dried

   Synonymsnavy beanpea bean

   Broadercommon bean

Questions about white bean

What does white bean mean?

white bean means "white-seeded bean; usually dried".

What is another word for white bean?

Close synonyms include navy bean, pea bean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white bean a common word?

white 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.