Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gully bean

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: gul-ly bean
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fruit of a wild eggplant or susumber plant (Solanum torvum).

Example Sentences

"Preserves here featured a number of products in brine, namely gully beans, corn, carrot and breadfruit. Other exhibits here included pineapple, cucumber, pickle, castor oil, banana, vinegar, pepper pot soup in bottles."
"They go up into the hills to pick gully beans, up into deep green spicy woods with the sun hot in dappled patches on the men's glistening backs, with strange birds screeching and goats neighing loudly in the afternoon air."
"“Steam fish, bananas, dumplings, gully beans and okra.” “You cooked that kind of food on a Sunday? Was I so fast asleep that you couldn't wake me up and ask me what I wanted? Gully beans, what's that?” “Susumber, it's good to cook with ...”"

Etymology

So called because the bushes grow wild, especially in gullies, and the bean-like fruits are used to season certain foods.

Inflected Forms

gully beans (plural)

Questions

What does gully bean mean?: A fruit of a wild eggplant or susumber plant (Solanum torvum).
Where does gully bean come from?: So called because the bushes grow wild, especially in gullies, and the bean-like fruits are used to season certain foods.

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