■ noun
1》 a cultivated variety of soy bean, used fermented in oriental cooking.
2》 a Mexican variety of the French bean.
3》 a leguminous Australian liana with blackish flowers. [ Kennedia nigricans .]
BLACK BEAN
Meaning of BLACK BEAN in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004