English > genus Phaseolus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | herbs of warm regions including most American beans. |
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| Synonym | Phaseolus |
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| Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
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| Members | common bean, common bean plant, Phaseolus vulgaris | The common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods |
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| green bean | A common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods |
| kidney bean, frijol, frijole | The common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans) |
| lima bean, lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis | bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds |
| sieva bean, butter bean, butter-bean plant, lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus | bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds |
| tepary bean, Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius | Twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans |
| wax bean | A common bean plant grown for its edible golden pod |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Spanish | genus phaseolus, phaseolus |
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| Catalan | genus phaseolus, phaseolus, Phaseolus |
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