phăsĕŏlus (făsĕŏlus), i, m. dim. [phaselus, I.],
a kind of bean with an edible pod , French beans , kidney-beans , phasel , Col. 11, 2, 72; 12, 9, 1; Plin. 24, 9, 40, § 65.
·noun A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, ·e...
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