Phaseolus vulgaris wax bean (Common names)

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Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris French bean

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris runner bean

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris bush bean

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris climbing bean

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris dry bean

Common names: Phaseolus vulgaris pop bean


Names in common use


  • English: wax bean
  • German: Wachsbohne
  • Dutch: wasboon; boterboon (B)
  • Swedish: vaxböna (pl. vaxbönor)
  • Danish:
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  • French: haricot beurre
  • Italian: fagiolino burro
  • Spanish: judía mantecosa
  • Catalan:
  • Portuguese: vagem manteiga
  • Romanian:


  • Russian:
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  • Albanian:
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Sources and commentaries

Wax beans are the immature pods of yellow beans of round section. The name is usually at the plural form. It is a commercial product in France, but is not known or distinguished from French beans in all countries. MC