borlotti

noun

bor·​lot·​ti ˌbȯr-ˈlä-tē 

variants or borlotti bean

plural borlotti or borlotti beans also borlottis

: cranberry bean

This store stocks a great variety of dried beans, from borlotti to garbanzos.

—David Rosengarten, Wine Spectator, 28 Feb. 1995

Ask for cannellini or borlotti beans. The latter are fat, round, pinkish-brown in colour.

—Elizabeth David, Italian Food, 1974

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Italian, plural of borlotto, Tuscanized form of Upper Italian (Lombardy) borlòt, derivative of a phonesthemic base borl- denoting round objects (as in Ticino dialect borlott "haystack, ball of wool, small, plump person or animal")

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

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