kidney beann.
/ˈkɪdnɪ biːn/, U.S. /ˈkɪdni ˌbin/ 1. The ordinary name given to two species of Phaseolus (family Leguminosæ), known as the dwarf French bean ( P. vulgaris), and the Scarlet Runner ( P. multiflorus), of which the unripened pods and the ripe seeds are used as food: see bean n. 3.
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French bean1542
kidney bean1548
fasels1562
frijoles1568
Welsh bean1585
longbean1587
cock stone1631
haricot1653
string-bean1759
snap-bean1770
bunch-bean1787
butter bean1820
bush-bean1821
snaps1845
navy bean1851
cannellini1862
flageolet1877
wax bean1905
pinto bean1913
wax-pod bean1921
borlotti1932
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > bean > kidney beans
kidney bean1548
fasels1562
frijoles1568
Welsh bean1585
longbean1587
haricot1653
string-bean1759
snapc1770
butter bean1820
snap-bean1870
flageolet1877
sieva1888
pinto bean1913
pinto1918
borlotti1932
soldier bean1968
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.iiij Smilax hortensis..may be called in english Kydney beane, because the seede is lyke a Kydney.
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.iiij Kydney, or arber beanes, because they serue to couer an arber for the tyme of Summer.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 570 The Pulse called Phaseoli, i. Kidney Beans vse to be eaten cod and al together.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 251 Beans and Kidney-Beans have the same Qualities.
1882 Garden 1 Apr. 222/2 Few plants are more tender early in the season than Kidney Beans.
2. kidney bean tree n. A climbing shrub of the leguminous genus Wistaria as the American species, W. frutescens, and the Chinese, W. chinensis, both grown as wall-climbers in Great Britain.
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kidney bean tree1736
wistaria1842
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 307 There are several other Trees and Shrubs which are now in Flower, as..Catesby's Climber, or Carolina Kidney Bean-tree.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 316 Kidney Bean-tree of Carolina, Glycine.
1897 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. II. 294 Krauntia frutescens—American Wisteria..Called also Kidney-bean Tree.
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