cannellini bean

[kan-l-ee-nee, kah-nel-lee-nee]

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noun

a medium-sized, white, oval bean with a thin skin and mild flavor.

cannellini bean

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noun

a cream-coloured, kidney-shaped bean with a mild flavour

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cannellini bean¹

First recorded in 1965-70; from Italian cannellini, plural of cannellino, a kind of hard candy, variety of white bean resembling the candy, probably from cannella “cinnamon,” used to flavor the candy, or from Italian cannellini, plural of cannellino , diminutive of cannello “little tube,” diminutive of canna “reed, stalk,” from Latin canna “r��”; cane ( def. )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cannellini bean¹

Italian: small tubes

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Example Sentences

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There was escarole and cannellini bean soup.

From

Snack: Cannellini bean dip with red pepper sticks.

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I’m looking forward to roasted cod with cannellini bean ragout and pesto.

From Washington Times

The tuna salad gets fancied up as an open-faced sandwich, with a cannellini bean spread, salty capers, oil-packed tuna and a soft-boiled egg for a brie-cheese-like texture atop a crunchy rye toast.

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“I ran to my kitchen to whip up a batch of cannellini bean fluff, the closest thing to chickpeas I had on hand,” she recalls.

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cannel coal cannelloni

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