Usually means: Tropical legume with large seeds.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. jack bean: Merriam-Webster
  2. jack bean: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jack bean: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jack bean: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jack bean: Vocabulary.com
  6. jack bean: Wiktionary
  7. jack bean: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. jack bean: Dictionary.com
  9. Jack-bean, Jack bean: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. jack bean: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. jack bean: FreeDictionary.org
  12. jack bean: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. jack bean: Rhymezone

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. jack bean: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. jack bean: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (jack bean)

noun:  An annual plant from Central America grown for its large, slightly toxic, but edible bean-like pods, Canavalia ensiformis.
noun:  Any plant in the genus Canavalia.

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