Mexican bean beetle bean beetle Epilachna varivestis | introduced into the United States from Mexico, feeds on the foliage of the bean plant |
bean weevil Acanthoscelides obtectus | larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans |
blackfly bean aphid Aphis fabae | blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets |
attic bean bonce noodle noggin dome | informal terms for a human head |
bean dip | a dip made of cooked beans |
jelly bean jelly egg | sugar-glazed jellied candy |
bean curd tofu | cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk |
bean sprout | any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans |
bean edible bean | any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food |
goa bean | Old World tropical bean |
common bean | any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried |
kidney bean | large dark red bean, usually dried |
navy bean pea bean white bean | white-seeded bean, usually dried |
pinto bean | mottled or spotted bean of southwestern United States, usually dried |
black bean turtle bean | black-seeded bean of South America, usually dried |
fresh bean | beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried |
flageolet haricot | a French bean variety with lightolored seeds, usually dried |
green bean | immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable |
snap bean snap | tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections |
string bean | green beans with strings that must be removed |
Kentucky wonder Kentucky wonder bean | flat-podded green bean |
scarlet runner scarlet runner bean runner bean English runner bean | long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths, a favorite in Britain |
haricot vert haricots verts French bean | very small and slender green bean |
wax bean yellow bean | snap beans with yellow pods |
shell bean | unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking |
lima bean | broad flat beans simmered gently, never eaten raw |
sieva bean butter bean butterbean civet bean | small flat green bean similar to lima beans |
fava bean broad bean | shell beans cooked as lima beans |
soy soybean soya soya bean | the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known, the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein) |
cacao bean cocoa bean | seed of the cacao tree, ground roasted beans are source of chocolate |
groundnut potato bean wild bean | nutlike tuber, important food of Native Americans |
broad bean horse bean | a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder |
vanilla bean | long bean-like fruit, seeds are used as flavoring |
bean tostada | a flat tortilla topped with refried beans |
coffee bean coffee berry coffee | a seed of the coffee tree, ground to make coffee |
Boston Hub of the Universe Bean Town Beantown capital of Massachusetts | state capital and largest city of Massachusetts, a major center for banking and financial services |
bean counter | an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures |
castor bean | the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant, source of castor oil |
tonka bean tonka bean tree Coumarouna odorata Dipteryx odorata | tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring |
tonka bean coumara nut | fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree, used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla |
iceream bean Inga edulis | ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers, tropical and subtropical America |
screw bean screwbean tornillo screwbean mesquite Prosopis pubescens | shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods |
screw bean | spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed |
calabar-bean vine Physostigma venenosum | tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans |
calabar bean ordeal bean | dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine, source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft |
carob carob tree carob bean tree algarroba Ceratonia siliqua | evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods, the biblical carob |
carob carob bean algarroba bean algarroba locust bean locust pod | long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp, used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute |
bean trefoil stinking bean trefoil Anagyris foetida | shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods, leaves foetid when crushed |
groundnut groundnut vine Indian potato potato bean wild bean Apios americana Apios tuberosa | a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers, important food crop of Native Americans |
jack bean wonder bean giant stock bean Canavalia ensiformis | annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage |