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Having a shape resembling a bean.

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Usage examples (36)
  • They are highly vascular glands, somewhat bean-shaped and of a deep red color.
  • The common room was large and bean-shaped, wrapping around the trunk of the vallenwood.
  • Round or bean-shaped, pierced for suspension, usually soft stone, e.g. slate or steatite.
  • Black Snake is said to have been a small bean-shaped pebble suspended round his neck by a cord of moose sinew.
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