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purple wax bean

purple wax bean noun: any of kind of tender, crisp, and sweet snap bean, of Phaseolus vulgaris, with a deep magenta or lavender exterior, often featuring a pale yellow interior, infused with an anthocyanin pigment.

Noun

purple wax bean (plural purple wax beans)

  1. Any of kind of tender, crisp, and sweet snap bean, of Phaseolus vulgaris, with a deep magenta or lavender exterior, often featuring a pale yellow interior, infused with an anthocyanin pigment.
    • Purple wax beans Similar to small yellow wax beans, these have a dark purple pod that turns green when cooked.1992, Sheldon Margen, M.D., The Wellness Encyclopedia of Food and Nutrition, page 57
    • Absence of artifice: A fragrant medley of garden roses, including vintage varieties, is accented brightly by anemones, French calla lilies, and a surprising purple wax bean.1995, Teleflora Incorporated (publisher), Flowers &., volume 16, page 46

Examples of purple wax bean in a sentence

  • At summer markets, you'll find yellow and purple wax beans and different varieties of green beans (also called snap or string beans), including slender haricots verts.2012, Leslie Jonath, Ethel Brennan, At the Farmers' Market with Kids, Recipes and Projects for Little Hands, page 52:
  • We grow gorgeous purple wax beans at the Ranch, but if you can't find them at your grocer, substitute green beans or yellow wax beans and this delicious salad will still be high in vitamins A and C.2004, Deirdre Imus, The Imus Ranch, Cooking for Kids and Cowboys, page 102:

Forms of purple wax bean

pluralpurple wax beans

Questions about purple wax bean

What does purple wax bean mean?
Purple wax bean means any of kind of tender, crisp, and sweet snap bean, of Phaseolus vulgaris, with a deep magenta or lavender exterior, often featuring a pale yellow interior, infused with an anthocyanin pigment.
How do you use purple wax bean in a sentence?
At summer markets, you'll find yellow and purple wax beans and different varieties of green beans (also called snap or string beans), including slender haricots verts.
What part of speech is purple wax bean?
Purple wax bean is a noun.
What is the plural of purple wax bean?
The plural of purple wax bean is purple wax beans.

Words near purple wax bean in the dictionary

  1. purple triangles
  2. purple urine bag syndrome
  3. purple velvet plant
  4. purple velvet plants
  5. purple vetch
  6. purple wax bean
  7. purple wax beans
  8. purple wiregrass
  9. purple yam
  10. purple yams
  11. purple zone

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