kidney bean

a common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, cultivated in many varieties for its edible seeds and pods.

the mature kidney-shaped seed of this plant.

Origin of kidney bean

First recorded in 1540–50

Moreover he made him a landing net, with a kidney-bean stick, a ring of wire, and his own best nightcap of strong cotton net.

Crocker's Hole |R. D. Blackmore
In the great continent of America, the kidney-bean seed, dried, is freely partaken of.

Cakes & Ale |Edward Spencer
Here there was a rail across, about as big as a kidney-bean stick, whereupon they leaned, and looked into the water under them.

The Maid of Sker |Richard Doddridge Blackmore
The cake has in Slavonic tradition the same importance as the pea, kidney-bean, or cabbage.

Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2) |Angelo de Gubernatis

Haricot, har′i-ko, -kot, n. a kind of ragout or stew of mutton and beans or other vegetables: the kidney-bean or French bean.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various

kidney bean

any of certain bean plants having kidney-shaped seeds, esp the French bean and scarlet runner

the seed of any of these beans