TEPARY BEAN


Meaning of TEPARY BEAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈte-pə-rē- ]

noun

Etymology: Mexican Spanish tépari, from Ópata or Eudeve (Uto-Aztecan languages of Sonora, Mexico)

Date: 1912

: an annual twining bean ( Phaseolus acutifolius var. latifolius ) that is native to the southwestern United States and Mexico and is cultivated for its roundish white, yellow, brown, or bluish-black edible seeds ; also : the seed

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