kidney bean
noun
a common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, cultivated in many varieties for its edible seeds and pods.
kidney beans
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pluralof kidney bean.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Jamshidifard said the goal was to "sneak kidney beans into everyone's diets" because of their nutritional value.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
In no other bestseller will you find canned kidney beans described as “slightly unappealing, and the fact that they are named after an internal organ doesn’t help.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Let's start with beans: black beans, lentils, chickpeas, pinto and kidney beans are all excellent sources of healthy protein, low in fat and high in fiber.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2023
For years, Camellia was the main packager of the dried red kidney beans that became the foundation of red beans and rice cooked across the city.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
I always found it suspicious, because it had red kidney beans in it that looked like tiny eyes, corpse lights lit in the swamp of the green stew to draw weary Hobbitses to their graves.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
