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Yard-long Bean

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Noun

1. asparagus bean, vigna sesquipedalis, vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, yard-long bean

South American bean having very long succulent pods

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Yard-long Bean

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n.
A type of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) native to southern Asia, having drooping pods that can grow up to a yard long and are eaten as a vegetable. Also called asparagus bean.

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