WAX BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wax bean mean? 

• WAX BEAN (noun)
  The noun WAX BEAN has 2 senses:

1. a common bean plant grown for its edible golden pod

2. snap beans with yellow pods

  Familiarity information: WAX BEAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAX BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common bean plant grown for its edible golden pod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wax bean" is a kind of...):

common bean; common bean plant; Phaseolus vulgaris (the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods)

Holonyms ("wax bean" is a member of...):

genus Phaseolus; Phaseolus (herbs of warm regions including most American beans)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Snap beans with yellow pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

wax bean; yellow bean

Hypernyms ("wax bean" is a kind of...):

fresh bean (beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried)