yellow wax bean
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tender-crisp, stringless variety of snap bean lacking chlorophyll, Phaseolus vulgaris, characterized by their bright yellow pods and mild, slightly sweet flavor.
Example Sentences
- "The yellow wax bean is not a good seller when canned, the trade demanding a green bean, tender, and of a size known in common parlance as the rat tail."
- "Three hundred and seventy-five pods sufficiently ripe to have turned color, of the variety commonly known as the yellow wax bean, were examined at Haleiwa in March and were found free from attack, although growing close to a field of badly affected pumpkins."
- "This meager uptake was assumed to indicate that the polyphenol oxidase system was either absent from or relatively weak in the roots of the yellow wax bean."
- "The primary benefits to the consumer are improved and sweeter flavor, a firmer texture, and improved color, particularly with yellow wax beans."
- "I went toward the office as Floyd Parmlee came into the room with a covered tray. I had met Floyd on Monday. He was as bland on the inside as he was on the outside. He reminded me of yellow wax beans. I hate yellow wax beans."