Found 2 hits - Term: kidney bean, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
kidney \kid"ney\ ki^d"ny^, n.; pl. kidneys
ki^d"ni^z. oe. kidnei, kidnere, from icel. koiethr
belly, womb akin to goth. gipus, as. cwithorn womb + oe.
nere kidney; akin to d. nier, g. niere, ohg. nioro, icel.
n=yra, dan. nyre, sw. njure, and probably to gr. nefro`s
cf. kite belly.
1913 webster
1. anat. a glandular organ which excretes urea and other
waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
1913 webster
note: in man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one
on each side of vertebral column in the back part of
the abdomen, each kidney being connected with the
bladder by a long tube, the ureter, through which the
urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to be
periodically discharged.
1913 webster
2. habit; disposition; sort; kind; as, a man of a different
kidney. --shak.
1913 webster +pjc
there are in later times other decrees, made by
popes of another kidney. --barrow.
1913 webster
millions in the world of this man's kidney.
--l'estrange.
1913 webster
your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that
kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on
prudence. --burns.
1913 webster
note: this use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that
the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of
the condition of an animal as to fatness. "think of
that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to
heat as butter." --shak.
1913 webster
3. a waiter. old cant --tatler.
1913 webster
floating kidney. see wandering kidney, under wandering.
kidney bean bot., a sort of bean; -- so named from its
shape. it is of the genus phaseolus phaseolus
vulgaris. see under bean.
kidney ore min., a variety of hematite or iron
sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.
kidney stone. min. see nephrite, and jade.
kidney vetch bot., a leguminous herb of europe and asia
anthyllis vulneraria, with cloverlike heads of red or
yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders,
and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds;
lady's-fingers. kidney-form
see also:
kidneys kite floating kidney wandering kidney wandering kidney bean
phaseolus phaseolus vulgaris bean kidney ore kidney stone
nephrite jade kidney vetch anthyllis vulneraria
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
kidney bean
n 1: the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the
pods especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped
beans syn: frijol, frijole
2: large dark red bean; usually dried
see also:
frijol frijole
Results 1 - 10 of 12 found about kidney bean: Bean
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Bean, definition of term: Bean
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Kidney, definition of term: Kidney
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Kidney Disease, definition of term: Kidney Disease
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Bean Tree, definition of term: Bean Tree
bean+tree_pag1.html Kidney Stone
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Kidney Stone, definition of term: Kidney Stone
kidney+stone_pag1.html Jelly Bean
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Jelly Bean, definition of term: Jelly Bean
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Jack Bean, definition of term: Jack Bean
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Fava Bean, definition of term: Fava Bean
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Bush Bean, definition of term: Bush Bean
bush+bean_pag1.html Butter Bean
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Butter Bean, definition of term: Butter Bean
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