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pinto bean

noun

mottled or spotted bean of southwestern United States; usually dried

• Hypernyms: ↑common bean

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noun, pl ⋯ beans [count]

: a type of small bean that is grown for food

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ˈpinto bean 7 noun

a type of curved ↑bean with coloured marks on the skin

 

Word Origin:

[pinto bean] early 20th cent.: pinto from ↑pinto, because of the mottled seed of this variety of bean.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.