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bean`

[Prob. fr. a native name.] (Bot.) The seed of the wild licorice (Abrus precatorius) used by the people of India for beads in rosaries and necklaces, as a standard weight, etc.; -- called also jumble bead.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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