common bean

1. 1.

   the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods

   Synonymscommon bean plantPhaseolus vulgaris

   Broaderbush bean

   Narrowerkidney beangreen beanwax bean

   Part ofPhaseolus

   Partscommon bean
2. 2.

   any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried

   Broaderbean

   Narrowerkidney beannavy beanpinto beanfrijoleblack beanfresh beanflageolet

   Part ofcommon bean

Questions about common bean

What does common bean mean?

common bean means "the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for common bean?

Close synonyms include common bean plant, Phaseolus vulgaris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common bean a common word?

common bean is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.