Bean

Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of leguminosae (English: leguminous, legumes), used for food or feed.

The term "beans" can also apply to the related species of peas, lentils, vetches and lupins.

Soybeans and peanuts, although leguminous species, are excluded from this article as they are mainly grown for oil extraction.
In English usage beans sometimes also refer to seeds or other organs of non leguminosae for example coffee beans, vanilla beans and cocoa beans.