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tepary bean

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tepary bean [′tep·ə·rē ‚bēn]
(botany)
Phaseolus acutifoliusvar.latifolius. One of the four species of beans of greatest economic importance in the United States.


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In response, Johnson's organization is harvesting desert foods like tepary beans that were once common among his people.
But in addition to harvesting the desert's natural bounty, the tribes cultivated tepary beans and other vegetables, which probably provided a safety net in lean times, Fowler says.
There, the prickly pear cacti still bear fruit and the tepary bean still thrives, and the traditional farming and food-gathering methods have not yet died out.
 
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