cannellini bean

noun

can·​nel·​li·​ni bean ˌka-nə-ˈlē-nē- 

: a usually large white kidney bean

called also cannellini

Examples of cannellini bean in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

March’s dinner is roasted pork loin with cannellini bean ragu and honey cornbread. — Pamela Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025

March’s dinner is roasted pork loan with cannellini bean ragu and honey cornbread. — Pamela Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025

Recent dishes have included burrata with zucchini, pine nuts, basil, and mint or sea trout with cannellini bean puree, roasted tomatoes, and garlic breadcrumbs. — Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2021

Add asparagus, green beans, snap peas, and cannellini beans to soup and simmer until just tender, 4 minutes. — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 30 Apr. 2020

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

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