noun
1. the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
• Hypernyms: ↑common bean, ↑common bean plant, ↑Phaseolus vulgaris
• Member Holonyms: ↑Phaseolus, ↑genus Phaseolus
2. large dark red bean; usually dried
• Hypernyms: ↑common bean
Useful english dictionary. 2012.