Java bean
noun
1(Originally) a coffee bean produced on Java and the nearby islands; (in later use more generally) a coffee bean.
2A variety of lima bean, the seed of the plant Phaseolus lunatus, cultivated in Java and nearby islands.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Annual Reports Foreign Commerce 1867.
- grind someone down
- grind something out
- grindstone
- grind to a halt (or come to a grinding halt)
- gringo
- grin like a Cheshire cat
- grinner
- grinningly
- grin (or smile) from ear to ear
- griot
- grip
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- gripe water
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- gripper
- gripping
- grippingly
- grippy
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- grisette
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- Grisham, John