Any of various varieties of the haricot or kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) now typically cultivated for their pods, which are eaten when green as…

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.

Any of several varieties of the common cultivated bean, Phaseolus vulgaris; a kidney bean. Occasionally as a modifier in cock stone pea. Now rare.

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.

(see snap, n. 18).

a dwarf kidney bean, also called bush-bean.

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…

the American name for the Kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).

= schnapps, n.

A haricot bean.

With plural agreement: medium-sized creamy-white beans, of a variety of kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used esp. in Italian cuisine. Also rarely…

A species of kidney bean.

= wax-pod bean n. below.

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

a dwarf French bean belonging to any of several varieties having yellow, stringless pods; a butter-bean.

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