COMMON BEAN PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common bean plant mean? 

• COMMON BEAN PLANT (noun)
  The noun COMMON BEAN PLANT has 1 sense:

1. the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods

  Familiarity information: COMMON BEAN PLANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON BEAN PLANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common bean; common bean plant; Phaseolus vulgaris

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)