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navy bean en · NOUN

Etymology

So called because the United States Navy has served the beans as a staple to its sailors since the mid-1800s.

Meanings

1. A white bean of a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
   • Janie […] baked big pans of navy beans with plenty of sugar and hunks of bacon laying on top. 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 132:
   • Beans—Very scarce Navy Beans 112 a 115c. 1851 May 10, “The Markets”, in North Carolina Standard, volume 1, no. 53, Raleigh, N.C., archived from the original on 25 Sep 2016, page 3:

Forms

Hypernyms

pea bean · haricot · haricot bean · common bean

Relateds

Boston baked beans · bean-eater · baked beans

Synonyms

boston bean · pearl haricot bean · white pea bean · Yankee bean