sugar bean

noun

A red-speckled variety of dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), commonly cultivated as a nutritious legume vegetable, particularly in South African cuisine.

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Meanings

nounsugar bean (plural sugar beans)

plural sugar beans

  1. A red-speckled variety of dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), commonly cultivated as a nutritious legume vegetable, particularly in South African cuisine.
  2. A type of sweet in Belgium traditionally given on the occasion of the birth or baptism of a child.
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APA

sugar bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20bean

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sugar bean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20bean.

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