English Explanatory Dictionary

string bean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any long, slender green bean.
  2. A common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
  3. An immature runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
  4. A yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)
  5. A hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
  6. A tall and thin person.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-string bean.wav

Word forms

string bean string beans stringbean string-bean

Etymology

Named for the tough, fibrous string running along the length of the pod (even though it is not present in some modern varieties).

Derived words

stringbeany

Translations

Arabic: لوبيا خضرة Armenian: թելով լոբի Burmese: ပဲတောင့်ရှည် French: haricot vert Greek: αμπελοφάσουλο Hungarian: zöldbab Italian: fagiolino Macedonian: боранија Malay: kacang buncis Brunei Malay: kacang buncis Maltese: fażola twila Polish: fasola szparagowa Polish: fasolka szparagowa Romanian: fasole lunguiață Romanian: fasole verde Russian: стручко́вая фасо́ль Russian: волокни́стая фасо́ль Spanish: vainica Spanish: habichuela Tagalog: ayap Tagalog: paayap
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary