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GREEN BEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seed of the mung bean plant used for food
Synonyms:
golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("green bean" is a kind of...):
bean; edible bean (any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food)
Holonyms ("green bean" is a part of...):
mung; mung bean; mung bean plant; Phaseolus aureus; Vigna radiata (erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("green bean" is a kind of...):
fresh bean (beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "green bean"):
snap; snap bean (tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections)
string bean (green beans with strings that must be removed)
Kentucky wonder; Kentucky wonder bean (flat-podded green bean)
English runner bean; runner bean; scarlet runner; scarlet runner bean (long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain)
French bean; haricot vert; haricots verts (very small and slender green bean)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("green bean" is a kind of...):
common bean; common bean plant; Phaseolus vulgaris (the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "green bean"):
haricot (a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans)
Holonyms ("green bean" is a member of...):
genus Phaseolus; Phaseolus (herbs of warm regions including most American beans)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Seed of the mung bean plant; used for food
Synonyms:
golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("green bean" is a kind of...):
bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)
Holonyms ("green bean" is a part of...):
mung; mung bean; mung bean plant; Phaseolus aureus; Vigna radiata (erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus)
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