First Known Use: 1967
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cannellini bean
noun can·nel·li·ni bean \ˌka-nə-ˈlē-nē-\
Definition of CANNELLINI BEAN
: a usually large white kidney bean —called also cannellini
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Origin of CANNELLINI BEAN
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
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