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COMMON BEAN PLANT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods

Synonyms:

common bean; common bean plant; Phaseolus vulgaris

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common bean plant" is a kind of...):

bush bean (a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports)

Meronyms (parts of "common bean plant"):

common bean (any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "common bean plant"):

frijol; frijole; kidney bean (the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans))

green bean (a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods)

wax bean (a common bean plant grown for its edible golden pod)

Holonyms ("common bean plant" is a member of...):

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

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