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pinto bean

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
pin-to bean
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bean of several varieties of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), common in the US and Mexico.

American usage

Etymology

From Spanish pinto (“painted”), named for its mottled skin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pinto beans (plural)

Questions

What does pinto bean mean?
Any bean of several varieties of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), common in the US and Mexico.
Where does pinto bean come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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