A herbaceous plant from the Americas, Phaseolus vulgaris, the bean of which is eaten as both a green bean and dried, when it is cooked slowly as Boston baked beans
A common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
A hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
Any long, slender green bean.
A tall and thin person.
An immature runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
A yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)