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wax bean
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
wax bean
(noun)
wax bean
noun
plural
wax beans
wax bean
noun
plural
wax beans
Britannica Dictionary definition of WAX BEAN
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a kind of bean whose long yellow seed cases are eaten as a vegetable
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