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jack bean

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary

jack bean /jak bēn, dʒæk bin/
noun an edible bean, or its edible pod, used especially as fodder in tropical countries.
a tropical American climbing plant of the pea family that yields jack beans.
Genus Canavalia, family Leguminosae: in particular C. ensiformis.
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