| phaseolus | (n) herbs of warm regions including most American beans, Syn. genus Phaseolus |
| adzuki bean | (n) bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds, Syn. Phaseolus angularis, adsuki bean, Vigna angularis |
| common bean | (n) the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods, Syn. common bean plant, Phaseolus vulgaris |
| lima bean | (n) bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds, Syn. lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis |
| moth bean | (n) East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus, Syn. Phaseolus aconitifolius, Vigna aconitifolia |
| mung | (n) erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus, Syn. Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus, mung bean, golden gram, green gram |
| scarlet runner | (n) tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain, Syn. scarlet runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Dutch case-knife bean, Phaseolus multiflorus, runner bean |
| sieva bean | (n) bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds, Syn. Phaseolus lunatus, butter-bean plant, lima bean, butter bean |
| snailflower | (n) perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus, Syn. snail flower, snail bean, Vigna caracalla, corkscrew flower, Phaseolus caracalla, snail-flower |
| tepary bean | (n) twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans, Syn. Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius |