phaseolus : Idioms & Phrases

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genus phaseolus

  • noun herbs of warm regions including most American beans
    Phaseolus.
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phaseolus aconitifolius

  • noun East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
    moth bean; Vigna aconitifolia.
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phaseolus acutifolius latifolius

  • noun twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans
    tepary bean.
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phaseolus angularis

  • noun bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds
    Vigna angularis; adzuki bean; adsuki bean.
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phaseolus aureus

  • noun erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
    mung; Vigna radiata; golden gram; mung bean; green gram.
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phaseolus caracalla

  • noun perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
    snailflower; snail bean; snail-flower; corkscrew flower; snail flower; Vigna caracalla.
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phaseolus coccineus

  • noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
    runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; Dutch case-knife bean; scarlet runner; scarlet runner bean.
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phaseolus limensis

  • noun bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
    lima bean; lima bean plant.
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phaseolus lunatus

  • noun bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
    butter bean; lima bean; sieva bean; butter-bean plant.
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phaseolus multiflorus

  • noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
    runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; Dutch case-knife bean; scarlet runner; scarlet runner bean.
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phaseolus vulgaris

  • noun the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
    common bean plant; common bean.
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