Wiktionary
n. 1 The azuki bean (''Vigna angularis''), most common in East Asia. 2 The (vern: rice bean) ((taxlink Vigna umbellata species noshow=1)). 3 Any of various red varieties of the common bean (''Phaseolus vulgaris''), including the kidney bean, (vern: Honduran red bean), and (vern: Salvadoran red bean).
Wikipedia
Red bean is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
- Azuki bean (Vigna angularis), commonly used in Japanese, Korean and Chinese cuisine, particularly as red bean paste
- Kidney bean, red variety of Phaseolus vulgaris, commonly used in Indian and North American cuisine, such as "chili con carne" and "red beans and rice"
- Vigna umbellata, a species of legume whose seeds are red
- Dysoxylum rufum, a rainforest tree in the Mahogany family
- Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle, a rainforest tree
Usage examples of "red bean".
Dooly rummaged in the pouch once again, pulling out a red bean and a horse chestnut and a little round ivory ball with an elf rune on it before coming up with a third coin.
Cupped in Ann's hands, half-encased in a glob of gelatinous blood, Ghost saw a pale shape no larger than a red bean: the dot of an eye, the veined bubble of a skull, tiny fingers like the petals of sea anemones: He looked away.
Mother brought the box into the kitchen and put it in a bowl and dropped a red bean in and started to mix it.
Mary Anne asked, when everyone was done with their dessert of red bean ice cream.
Donald MacEachern was sitting in a cane-bottomed chair, still unshaven, still in his month-old shirt, his head bent, staring into the dull red bean of the fire.