kidney bean
nounDefinition of kidney bean
1
: an edible and nutritious usually kidney-shaped seed of any of various cultivated beans of the common species (Phaseolus vulgaris)
especially
: a large dark red kidney bean
2
: a plant bearing kidney beans
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The male Tian Tian, who was also born at the China Conservation Center on August 27, 1997, has eye patches shaped like kidney beans and two black dots across his nose. — Beth Py-lieberman, Smithsonian, "14 Fun Facts About Giant Pandas," 10 Aug. 2019 Most of the main dishes at Saz are served with large timbales of either white rice or rice and gungo peas, which resemble small kidney beans and lend the rice a pinkish, dirty-rice tinge. — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, "Review: Saz Jamaican Restaurant, Newington," 10 July 2019 The plug starts as a hard disk of plastic that looks like a cubist kidney bean. — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, "The Strange Noise-Blocking Plugs That Custom-Fit Your Ears," 19 Oct. 2018 Hot-glue a kidney bean horizontally for a nose and carve mouth. — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, "50+ Creative Pumpkin Carving Ideas for Halloween," 25 July 2018 Like most eye masks, these are shaped like a kidney bean to cover the under-eye area, but the gel-like mesh keeps them from sliding down your cheeks. — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, "3 Face Masks That Will Perk Up Dull Skin," 3 Apr. 2018 Other products like cranberries, kidney beans and peanut butter would be affected, but have a much smaller value. — Thomas Biesheuvel, Bloomberg.com, "Europe's Retaliatory Steel Tariffs Take Aim at Tiny Target," 6 Mar. 2018 Mottled red kidney beans boiled until velvety soft and mashed with pungent raw garlic, browned onions and a thrilling-sounding mountain herb called blue fenugreek. — Melissa Clark, New York Times, "A Complex Red Bean Stew From Georgia," 16 Feb. 2018 Black beans, kidney beans, and pinto beans can be used in a variety of other dessert recipes, too. — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, "If You Want to Make Your Brownies Healthier, Bake Them with Black Beans," 19 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'kidney bean.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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