The ordinary name given to two species of Phaseolus (family Leguminosæ), known as the dwarf French bean (P. vulgaris), and the Scarlet Runner (P. m…

With plural agreement. Kidney beans: see bean, n. 3.

With plural agreement. A kind of kidney bean grown and much used in Mexico. Cf. fasels, n.

Any of several varieties of the common cultivated bean, Phaseolus vulgaris; a French or kidney bean.

any of several beans having long pods or seeds, (in later use) esp. a cowpea of the subspecies Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis.

A leguminous plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the common Kidney bean or French-bean: also haricot bean. Applied both to the…

(a) U.S. the French or kidney bean; (b) U.S. colloquial, a tall thin person; also transferred.

U.S. (See quots.)

Any of several varieties of lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus, which have large, flat, yellow-white seeds; any of several varieties of French bean, P. vul…

(see snap, n. 18).

A species of kidney bean.

A kidney bean belonging to an American variety of Phaseolus lunatus, or its edible seed.

the mottled seed of a variety of the kidney bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, which is widely cultivated in the south-western United States and Central…

= pinto bean n. at compounds 2.

More fully borlotti bean. A kind of kidney bean with a pink speckled skin which turns brown when cooked, commonly used in Italian cooking.

the mottled kidney-shaped seeds of certain varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris.