TEPARY BEAN

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tepary bean mean? 

• TEPARY BEAN (noun)
  The noun TEPARY BEAN has 1 sense:

1. twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans

  Familiarity information: TEPARY BEAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEPARY BEAN (noun)

Meaning:

Twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius; tepary bean

Hypernyms ("tepary bean" is a kind of...):

shell bean; shell bean plant (a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod)

Holonyms ("tepary bean" is a member of...):

genus Phaseolus; Phaseolus (herbs of warm regions including most American beans)