A variety of common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, with a dark-red skin.

(idiomatic, mildly derogatory) A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general. The term is often used to imply the person is a pedant and incapable of seeing other things or the bigger picture (more general things), but it is also widely used as a mildly derogatory term and even facetious synonym for accountants, CEOs, CFOs, business and government officials responsible for financial decisions, etc.

Alternative form of soybean

Alternative form of St Ignatius' bean

Tofu.

The seedpod of any plant in the Vanilla genus, (family: orchid) especially Vanilla planifolia.

The seed of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis; used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.

A bean plant with black seeds. / A dried seed of a black bean plant. / A dried black seed of certain varieties of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. / A fermented soybean, used in Asian cooking.

(UK) A herbaceous plant from the Americas, Phaseolus vulgaris, the bean of which is eaten as both a green bean and dried, when it is cooked slowly as Boston baked beans

(cricket) A ball that does not bounce and passes the batsman approximately at head height. / (baseball) Alternative form of beanball