cannellini bean

noun

can·​nel·​li·​ni bean ˌka-nə-ˈlē-nē- How to pronounce cannellini bean (audio)
: a usually large white kidney bean

called also cannellini

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March’s dinner is roasted pork loan with cannellini bean ragu and honey cornbread. Pamela Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025 There was this cannellini bean dish. Wired Staff, WIRED, 29 Sep. 2022 Here goes: Spanish charcuterie and cheeses, cannellini bean salad, roasted beet salad and vegan olive oil shortbread with blood orange glaze. Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2023 Course 5: Braised-beef short rib, cannellini bean and white truffle puree. Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022 See all Example Sentences for cannellini bean 

Word History

Etymology

Italian cannellini, plural of cannellino kind of hard candy, variety of white bean resembling the candy, probably from cannella cinnamon, literally, small tube, from Medieval Latin canella, diminutive of Latin canna

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cannellini bean was in 1955

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“Cannellini bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cannellini%20bean. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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