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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An annual plant (Phaseolus vulgaris) in the pea family, cultivated in many forms for its edible pods and kidney-shaped seeds.
- noun A seed of this plant.
- noun A form of this plant bearing dark red seeds.
- noun A seed of this plant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leguminous plant of the genus Phascolus, especially Phaseolus vulgaris, the common twining kidneybean of the gardens, also called
French bean and haricot (see cut underharicot ): so called from the shape of the seeds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A variety of common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, with a dark-red skin.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large dark red bean; usually dried
- noun the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
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