kidney bean

noun

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

Examples of kidney bean in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

White Kidney Beans Serving size: 1/2 cup Protein: 8.35 g4 White kidney beans are also known as cannellini beans. —Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 16 June 2025

Adding legumes like kidney beans to your diet can stabilize blood sugar levels and reduce the risk of diabetes.10 9. —Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 16 May 2025

Assemble and Bake In a bowl combine beef mixture, pork and beans, great Northern beans, pinto beans, butter beans, kidney beans, ketchup, molasses, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and cayenne. —Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025

For breakfast, swap strawberries for bananas; at lunch, use spinach instead of iceberg lettuce; and at dinner, add kidney beans or lentils. —Alisa Hrustic, Health, 1 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for kidney bean

• acrolein
• adenine
• alkylene
• aniline
• anthracene
• aquiline
• asphaltene
• atlantean
• atrazine
• butadiene
• butylene
• caesarean

Kids Definition

kidney bean

noun

: an edible seed and especially a large dark red seed of any of several varieties of cultivated bean plants

also : a plant that produces kidney beans