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yellow bean

yellow bean

1.6
A long thin vegetable with yellow pods that you eat
  • noun
  • /ˈjɛloʊ biːn/
translation icon : judía amarilla
  • A steward brought two trays: chicken breasts with a side of yellow beans and apple tarts.
  • green and yellow beans

Examples

  • A steward brought two trays: chicken breasts in white sauce, yellow beans, and apple tarts.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • We normally eat yellow beans steamed as a healthy side dish.

  • Cook 1 lb of trimmed yellow beans in boiling salted water for 3 to 5 minutes; drain before serving.

Synonyms

bean
vsyellow bean
512 1.0

An edible seed or pod from plants like peas and lentils used for food

is a specific yellow-podded culinary form rather than a general seed or pod
snap bean
vsyellow bean
  • US
1 2.7

A tender green bean you eat young that breaks easily and has no strings

is the yellow-podded variety of this tender edible pod
wax bean
vsyellow bean
1 3.1

A yellow bean with edible pods eaten as a vegetable

is one such yellow-podded type of the tender vegetable pod
bean plant
vsyellow bean
1 1.4

A plant that produces beans you can eat

is a particular tender yellow-podded cultivar eaten young as a vegetable
edible bean
vsyellow bean
1.0

A seed from plants like peas or lentils that you can eat

is a coloured pod variety eaten as a vegetable rather than just a seed
common bean plant
vsyellow bean
2.4

A climbing or bushy vegetable that produces edible beans

is a cultivated yellow-podded form used for eating pods as a vegetable

Surface Forms

yellow bean singular
yellow beans plural

Morphology

yellow + bean

The meaning 'a variety of snap bean with yellow pods' is directly derivable from combining 'yellow' (a color) with 'bean' (an edible seed/pod). Adjective + noun compounding is a transparent, cross-linguistically common composition pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand.

Etymology

Yellow bean is a simple name made by putting the words yellow and bean together to describe a kind of snap bean with bright yellow pods. So, yellow bean today means a bean with yellow pods that people eat as a vegetable.