navy bean
         n 1: white-seeded bean; usually dried [syn: {navy bean}, {pea
               bean}, {white bean}]

English Dictionary: navy bean	by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Navy \Na"vy\; n.; pl. {Navies}. [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship.       See {Nave} of a church.]       1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many             as sail in company. [bd]The navy also of Hiram, that             brought gold from Ophir.[b8] --1 kings x. 11.          2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or             ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.          3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a             nation; as, he belongs to the navy.          {Navy bean}. see {Bean}.          {Navy yard}, a place set apart as a shore station for the use             of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and             other appliences for building and equipping war vessels             and training their crews.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bean \Bean\ (b[emac]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[a0]n; akin to D.       boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[omac]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[94]nne,       Sw. b[94]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.]       1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous             herbs, chiefly of the genera {Faba}, {Phaseolus}, and             {Dolichos}; also, to the herbs.          Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still                doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and                China bean, included in {Dolichos Sinensis}; black                Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, {D. Lablab}; the common                haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole                beans, all included in {Phaseolus vulgaris}; the lower                bush bean, {Ph. vulgaris}, variety {nanus}; Lima bean,                {Ph. lunatus}; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, {Ph.                maltiflorus}; Windsor bean, the common bean of England,                {Faba vulgaris}. As an article of food beans are                classed with vegetables.          2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more             or less resembling true beans.          {Bean aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Aphis fab[91]})             which infests the bean plant.          {Bean fly} (Zo[94]l.), a fly found on bean flowers.          {Bean goose} (Zo[94]l.), a species of goose ({Anser             segetum}).          {Bean weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil that in the larval             state destroys beans. The American species in {Bruchus             fab[91]}.          {Florida bean} (Bot.), the seed of {Mucuna urens}, a West             Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida             shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments.          {Ignatius bean}, or {St. Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), a species             of {Strychnos}.          {Navy bean}, the common dried white bean of commerce;             probably so called because an important article of food in             the navy.          {Pea bean}, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the             edible white bean; -- so called from its size.          {Sacred bean}. See under {Sacred}.          {Screw bean}. See under {Screw}.          {Sea bean}.             (a) Same as {Florida bean}.             (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament.          {Tonquin bean}, or {Tonka bean}, the fragrant seed of             {Dipteryx odorata}, a leguminous tree.          {Vanilla bean}. See under {Vanilla}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Napavine, WA (city, FIPS 47980)       Location: 46.57706 N, 122.90850 W       Population (1990): 745 (279 housing units)       Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)