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yellow wax bean

yellow wax bean noun: a tender-crisp, stringless variety of snap bean lacking chlorophyll, Phaseolus vulgaris, characterized by their bright yellow pods and mild, slightly sweet flavor.

Noun

yellow wax bean (plural yellow wax beans)

  1. A tender-crisp, stringless variety of snap bean lacking chlorophyll, Phaseolus vulgaris, characterized by their bright yellow pods and mild, slightly sweet flavor.
    • The yellow wax bean is not a good seller when canned, the trade demanding a green bean, tender, and of a size known in common parlance as the rat tail.1915, Progressive Farmer Company (publisher), “For Our Club Girls, Mrs. McKimmon Tells About Canning String Beans”, in Progressive Farmer, volume 30, page 19
    • Three hundred and seventy-five pods sufficiently ripe to have turned color, of the variety commonly known as the yellow wax bean, were examined at Haleiwa in March and were found free from attack, although growing close to a field of badly affected pumpkins.1920, Earl Hazeltine Frothingham, Otto William Schleussner, U.S. Department of Agriculture (publisher), Statistics of Fruit in Principal Countries, Production, Exports, and Imports for the United...

Examples of yellow wax bean in a sentence

  • This meager uptake was assumed to indicate that the polyphenol oxidase system was either absent from or relatively weak in the roots of the yellow wax bean.1948, Austin Clayton Wagenknecht, Effect of Growth Regulators on Certain Plant Enzymes, page 21:
  • The primary benefits to the consumer are improved and sweeter flavor, a firmer texture, and improved color, particularly with yellow wax beans.1963, Commerce Clearing House (contributor), Food, Drug, Cosmetic Law Reporter:

Synonyms of yellow wax bean

Forms of yellow wax bean

pluralyellow wax beans

Origin of yellow wax bean

First use appears c. 1915. See cite below.

Questions about yellow wax bean

What does yellow wax bean mean?
Yellow wax bean means a tender-crisp, stringless variety of snap bean lacking chlorophyll, Phaseolus vulgaris, characterized by their bright yellow pods and mild, slightly sweet flavor.
How do you use yellow wax bean in a sentence?
This meager uptake was assumed to indicate that the polyphenol oxidase system was either absent from or relatively weak in the roots of the yellow wax bean.
What part of speech is yellow wax bean?
Yellow wax bean is a noun.
What is the plural of yellow wax bean?
The plural of yellow wax bean is yellow wax beans.

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