noun
1. a common bean plant grown for its edible golden pod
• Hypernyms: ↑common bean, ↑common bean plant, ↑Phaseolus vulgaris
• Member Holonyms: ↑Phaseolus, ↑genus Phaseolus
2. snap beans with yellow pods
• Syn: ↑yellow bean
• Hypernyms: ↑fresh bean
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noun : any of various kidney beans that have the pods creamy yellow to bright yellow when suitably matured for use as snap beans — compare green bean
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1. a variety of string bean bearing yellowish, waxy pods.
2. the pod of this plant, used for food.
[1905-10, Amer.]
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wax bean,
a yellow string bean with a waxy appearance.
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n. a dwarf bean of a variety with yellow, stringless pods
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noun, pl ⋯ beans [count]
US : a kind of bean whose long yellow seed cases are eaten as a vegetable
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.