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calavance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cala-vance
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bean, but especially the hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Food made from beans.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

A corruption of garbanzo.

Usage

Inflected Forms

calavances (plural) callivance (alternative) caravance (alternative) galavance (alternative) garavance (alternative) garvance (alternative) kalavansa (alternative)

Questions

What does calavance mean?
Any bean, but especially the hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus).
Where does calavance come from?
A corruption of garbanzo.

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