Beans vs. Legumes — What's the Difference?

Any of various twining herbs of the genus Phaseolus in the pea family, native to the Americas, having leaves with three leaflets and variously colored flowers, and widely cultivated for their edible pods and seeds.

A plant of the pea family.

A seed or pod of any of these plants.

A pod of such a plant, which splits into two valves with the seeds attached to one edge of the valves.

Any of several related plants or their seeds or pods, such as the adzuki bean, broad bean, or soybean.

Such a pod or seed used as food. Peas, beans, and lentils are legumes.

Any of various other plants or their seeds or fruits, especially those suggestive of beans such as the coffee bean or vanilla bean.

Plural of legume

(Slang) A person's head.

Beans(Slang) A small amount

Chiefly British A fellow; a chap.

To hit (another) on the head with a thrown object, especially a pitched baseball.

Plural of bean

S; drugs in pill form.

An insignificant value or amount.

A cut that reaches the hypodermis.