Pronunciation: ' te-p ə -r ē -
Function: noun
Etymology: Mexican Spanish tépari, from Ópata or Eudeve (Uto-Aztecan languages of Sonora, Mexico)
Date: 1912
: an annual twining bean ( Phaseolus acutifolius var. latifolius ) that is native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico and is cultivated for its roundish white, yellow, brown, or bluish-black edible seeds also : the seed