Kidney bean Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
    frijole; frijol.
  2. noun large dark red bean; usually dried

WordNet

Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a sort of bean; so named from its shape. It is of the genus Phaseolus (P. vulgaris). See under Bean.

Webster 1913