phaseolus

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phaseolus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phaseolus \Pha*se"o*lus\, prop. n. [L.] (Bot.)
     A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the
     kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean.
     [1913 Webster]

phaseolus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Phaseolus
      n 1: herbs of warm regions including most American beans [syn:
           Phaseolus, genus Phaseolus]