black bean

1. A small black bean having cream-colored flesh and a sweet flavor, used in southern and Latin-American cuisine. Also called turtle bean.
2. A fermented black soybean having a pungent salty flavor, preserved in salt and used in Asian cuisine.

Also called turtle bean, this dried bean variety has long been popular in Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and the southern United States. It has a black skin, cream-colored flesh and a sweet flavor, and form the base for the famous black-bean soup. Black beans are commonly available in supermarkets. See also beans.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried
  Synonym: turtle bean

Black bean can mean:

• The black turtle bean, a small, black variety of the common bean especially popular in Latin American cuisine
• Douchi, a kind of fermented soybean especially popular in the cuisine of China
• The urad bean or black gram
• Any black-colored variety of bean; beans which include black-colored varieties include the soybean, the azuki bean, the mung bean and the ricebean.
• Blackbean, a common name for Castanospermum australe, also known as the Moreton Bay Chestnut

See also

• Black bean paste
• Sweet bean paste
• Zhajiang mian
• Jajangmyeon
• Urad dal
• Red bean

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