What is "black bean"

n. 1 A bean plant with black seeds. 2 A dried seed of a black bean plant. 3 A dried black seed of certain varieties of the common bean, ''Phaseolus vulgaris''. 4 A fermented soybean, used in Asian cooking. 5 An Australian tree ((taxlink Castanospermum australe species noshow=1)), also called (vern: Moreton Bay chestnut).

n. black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried [syn: turtle bean]

Black bean may refer to:

• Black turtle bean, a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) typically used in Latin American cuisine
• Black soybean, typically fermented into douchi, the base for black bean sauce
• Vigna mungo, a variety of gram or lentil typically used in South Asian cuisine
• Castanospermum australe, a tree with naturally poisonous seeds
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