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ars bin noun

Wing bean

Origin

New Guinea pidgin, so called because the bean grows a nutritious tuber (arse) underground

Collector

Clare – 1970s
Westerhoff (King, Claydon) – sibling of Naomi

Notes

The winged bean was the subject of Clare’s then-husband Alan’s PhD reasearch

Submitted: 08/03/2022 by Mark

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