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Noun: tepary bean
  1. Twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white, yellow, brown or black beans
    "Tepary beans are well-adapted to desert conditions";
    - Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius

Derived forms: tepary beans

Type of: shell bean, shell bean plant

Part of: genus Phaseolus, Phaseolus

Encyclopedia: Tepary bean