Usually means: Corn, beans, squash grown together.
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  1. Three Sisters: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. three sisters: Wiktionary
  3. three sisters: Dictionary.com
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Three Sisters)

noun:  (US, Canada, agriculture, horticulture) The combination of maize (corn), pole beans (Phaseolus vulgaris or climbing beans, string beans, etc.), and squash (i.e. pumpkin), especially when planted together in intertwined plantings.
noun:  (obsolete, Iroquois mythology) The spirits or gods of corn, beans, and squash considered collectively.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see three, sisters.
noun:  Synonym of Orion's Belt

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