Definition of Bean sprout

1. Noun. Any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans.

Generic synonyms: Sprout

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bean Sprout

bean caper
bean counter
bean counters
bean curd
bean curve
bean dip
bean feast
bean goose
bean hole
bean holes
bean plant
bean pole
bean poles
bean queen
bean queens
bean sprout (current term)
bean tostada
bean tree
bean trefoil
bean trefoils
bean weevil
beanbag
beanbags
beanball
beanbrain
beanbrains
beanbrawl
beanbrawls
beanbreath

Literary usage of Bean sprout

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chinese Cook Book by Shiu Wong Chan (1917)
"LIST or ARTICLES WITH APPROXIMATE PRICES AND CHINESE SIGNS Articles Chinese Signs Alkaline Solution q% 7JC Almonds, Salted Bean Cake j£ \ bean sprout Bean ..."

2. The US Virgin Islands Alive! by Harriet Greenberg, Douglas Greenberg (2006)
"Other starters include lemongrass shrimp ravioli and a crispy bean sprout salad. For your main course, sample the Indochine bouillabaisse, ..."

3. Taken for Grantedby Michael William Paulson by Michael William Paulson (2005)
"In front of him was a plate topped by a bean-sprout sandwich. He was sitting there staring down at it, like a man expecting the dead to rise. ..."

4. Drugs, Crime, and the Justice System (1992)
"190 pounds of heroin were concealed in a bean-sprout washing machine shipped to Boston from Hong Kong. 2400 pounds of cocaine were packaged in anchovy cans ..."

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