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Kentucky wonder bean

Kentucky wonder bean

4.4
A green bean with long flat pods grown for its good taste
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : judía Kentucky wonder
  • She planted Kentucky wonder bean seeds in her garden last spring and harvested a huge crop.

Examples

  • Many home gardeners prefer Kentucky wonder bean for its reliability and excellent flavor.

  • The salad was garnished with blanched Kentucky wonder bean pieces for added crunch.

  • I planted some Kentucky wonder beans in my garden this year.

  • The Kentucky wonder bean is known for its excellent flavor.

  • Many home gardeners prefer Kentucky wonder bean for its reliability and excellent flavor.

  • She planted Kentucky wonder bean seeds in her garden last spring and harvested a huge crop.

  • The salad was garnished with blanched Kentucky wonder bean pieces for added crunch.

Synonyms

Kentucky wonder
vsKentucky wonder bean
  • US
5.6

A climbing bean plant with many long flat green pods for eating

refers to the edible bean variety rather than the whole plant

Surface Forms

Kentucky wonder bean singular
Kentucky wonder beans plural

Morphology

Kentucky + wonder + bean

The phrase is compositionally built: 'Kentucky' signals a place/association, 'wonder' is an evaluative modifier meaning remarkable, and 'bean' names the plant, so a learner who knows the parts will infer this is a notable/distinct kind of bean. This place+modifier+noun naming pattern is common cross-linguistically and does not require idiomatic knowledge, though specific cultivar details (pod shape, productivity) are not deducible from the words alone.

Etymology

Kentucky wonder bean is a garden name for a special bean from Kentucky that surprised people with very long, tasty pods. People called it wonder because each plant gave a lot of beans, so the name today tells you it is a tasty, 'very productive' green bean.