Resembling a bean in shape, size, color, or other characteristics.
Compound of 'bean' and '-like' (from Old English 'gelīc', meaning similar). The formation is straightforward descriptive compounding in English.
The kidney bean's name comes from its 'beanlike' resemblance to actual kidneys, showing how humans naturally compare unfamiliar objects to familiar ones when naming them.
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