haricot bean

noun

A herbaceous plant from the Americas, Phaseolus vulgaris, the bean of which is eaten as both a green bean and dried, when it is cooked slowly as Boston baked beans.

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Meanings

nounharicot bean (plural haricot beans)

plural haricot beans

  1. UKA herbaceous plant from the Americas, Phaseolus vulgaris, the bean of which is eaten as both a green bean and dried, when it is cooked slowly as Boston baked beans.

    Synonyms: haricot, common bean, pea bean

  2. The bean of this plant.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA herbaceous plant from the Americas, Phaseolus vulgaris, the bean of which is eaten as both a green bean and dried, when it is cooked slowly as Boston baked beans.

Similar
haricotcommon beanpea bean
Also see
boston beanpearl haricot beanwhite pea bean
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haricot bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haricot%20bean

MLA

“haricot bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haricot%20bean. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haricot bean,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haricot%20bean.

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