Meanings
nouncommon bean (plural common beans)
plural common beans
- An herbaceous annual plant (Phaseolus vulgaris), grown for its edible bean.
- A bean of such a plant, varying in size, shape and especially color.
Synonyms & antonyms
Narrower
nounthe common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
Similar
common bean plantPhaseolus vulgaris
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian фасу́л
- фасу́л (fasúl)plant
Catalan mongetera, fesolera
- mongeteraplant
- fesoleraplant
- mongetabean
- fesolbean
Chinese Mandarin 菜豆, 刀豆
- 菜豆 (càidòu)plant
- 刀豆 (dāodòu)plant
- 菜豆 (càidòu)bean
- 豆 (dòu)bean
Czech fazol
- fazolplant
Finnish tarhapapu, papu
- tarhapapuplant
- papuplant
- papubean
French haricot
- haricotplant
German Bohne, Gartenbohne
- Bohneplant
- Gartenbohneplant
- Bohnebean
Greek φασολιά
- φασολιά (fasoliá)plant
Hungarian bab, veteménybab
- babplant
- veteménybabplant
- paszulyplant
- fuszulykaplant
Italian fagiolo
- fagioloplant
Japanese 隠元豆, 菜豆
- 隠元豆 (ingenmame)plant
- 菜豆 (saitō)plant
- 三度豆 (sandomame)plant
Korean 강낭콩
- 강낭콩 (gangnangkong)plant
Malay kacang buncis
- kacang buncisbean
Polish fasola, fasola zwykła
- fasolaplant
- fasola zwykłaplant
- fasola zwyczajnaplant
- fasolkabean
Portuguese feijão-comum
- feijão-comumplant
Russian фасо́ль, фасо́ль
- фасо́ль (fasólʹ)plant
- фасо́ль (fasólʹ)bean
Spanish caraota, chícharo
- caraotaplant
- chícharoplant
- fréjolplant
- fríjolplant
- frijolplant
- habichuelaplant
- habillaplant
- judíaplant
- porotoplant
Thai ถั่วปากอ้า, ถั่วฝักยาว
- ถั่วปากอ้า (tùa bpàak âa)plant
- ถั่วฝักยาว (tùa fàk yaao)plant
Ukrainian квасо́ля
- квасо́ля (kvasólja)plant
Vietnamese đậu cô ve
- đậu cô veplant
Yiddish פֿאַסאָליע, פֿאַסאָליע
- פֿאַסאָליע (fasolye)plant
- פֿאַסאָליע (fasolye)bean
Cite this entry
APA
common bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20bean
MLA
“common bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20bean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “common bean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20bean.
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