Phaseolus

Pha`se´o`lus

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(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean.

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Phaseolus - herbs of warm regions including most American beans genus Phaseolus rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae common bean, common bean plant, Phaseolus vulgaris - the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods frijol, frijole, kidney bean - the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans) green bean - a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods wax bean - a common bean plant grown for its edible golden pod lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis, lima bean - bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds butter bean, butter-bean plant, lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus, sieva bean - bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius, tepary bean - twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans