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YARD-LONG BEAN

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• YARD-LONG BEAN (noun)
The noun YARD-LONG BEAN has 1 sense:

1. South American bean having very long succulent pods

Familiarity information: YARD-LONG BEAN used as a noun is very rare.

• YARD-LONG BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

South American bean having very long succulent pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

asparagus bean; Vigna sesquipedalis; Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis; yard-long bean

Hypernyms ("yard-long bean" is a kind of...):

legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

Holonyms ("yard-long bean" is a member of...):

genus Vigna; Vigna (genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus)

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