Phaseolus

·noun A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, ·etc. ·see Bean.

phaseolus
phăsĕŏlus (făsĕŏlus), i, m. dim. [phaselus, I.], a kind of bean with an edible pod , French beans...

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