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Definition of Tepary bean
1. Noun. Twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans.
Group relationships: Genus Phaseolus, Phaseolus
Generic synonyms: Shell Bean, Shell Bean Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tepary Bean
Literary usage of Tepary bean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... grown in this country mostly for ornament (Figs. 479/, 484). The tepary bean,
now gaining prominence in the Southwest, is a form of Phaseolus ..."
2. ...Nature-study Agriculture: A Textbook for Beginners by William Thompson Skilling (1920)
"In Arizona a plant called the " tepary bean," growing wild and used as food by
the Indians, has been found to bear well where other beans would fail for ..."
3. ...Nature-study Agriculture: A Textbook for Beginners by William Thompson Skilling (1920)
"In Arizona a plant called the " tepary bean," growing wild and used as food by
the Indians, has been found to bear well where other beans would fail for ..."
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