"wax bean" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wax beans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wax bean (plural wax beans)
  1. Any of several forms of Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean) having a yellow or other-coloured pod; the butter bean Categories (lifeform): Phaseolus beans Derived forms: purple wax bean, yellow wax bean

Inflected forms

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