What is "calavance"

n. 1 Any bean, but especially the hyacinth bean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lablab%20purpureus). 2 food made from beans.

Calavance may refer to several kinds of edible dry bean or foods made from them:

• Hyacinth bean (most commonly)
• Chickpea, probably connected etymologically
• More generally, any bean