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Spaghettibohne

English translation: Cowpea/Chinese long bean and others

07:40 Oct 11, 2018
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
German term or phrase: Spaghettibohne
Spaghettibohne Metro
Vigna unguiculata

Eine besondere Sorte die 40 60 cm lange, zarte, sehr schlanke grüne Hülsen bildet. Verwendung: gekocht, gebraten, gedünstet oder sauer eingelegt. Ideal auch für asiatische Gerichte. Die jungen, schmalen, langen Hülsen fortlaufend jung ernten, da sie sonst schnell hart werden. Benötigt Wärme, empfohlen für geschützten

asparagus bean? Yardlong bean? (or could one also say "spaghetti beans?)

Vielen Dank!
martina1974
Austria
Local time: 01:07
English translation:Cowpea/Chinese long bean and others
Explanation:
Common names

Cowpea, asparagus bean, black-eyed pea, catjang, catjang cowpea, Chinese long bean, clay pea, cow-pea, cream pea, crowder pea, pea bean, purple-hull pea, southern pea, sow pea, yard-long bean [English]; dolique asperge, dolique mongette, haricot asperge, haricot indigène, niébé, pois à vaches [French]; feijão-espargo, feijão-fradinho [Portuguese]; costeño, frijol de costa, judía catjang, judía espárrago, rabiza [Spanish]; اللوبياء [Arabic]; adua, ayi, too, tipielega, yo, tuya, saau [Ghana]; wake, ezo, nyebbe, ngalo, azzo, dijok, alev, arebe, lubia, mongo, ewa, akedi, akoti [Nigeria]; kunde [Swahili]; Kedesche, sona, kadje, tombing, isanje [Togo]; imbumba, indumba, isihlumaya [Zulu]; kacang bol, kacang merah, kacang toonggak, kacang béngkok [Indonesian]; đậu dải, đậu dải trắng rốn nâu [Vietnamese]

These include your yard-long bean and asparagus beans

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Note added at 26 mins (2018-10-11 08:07:14 GMT)
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The Royal Horticultural Society calls them Cherry Beans, Yardlong Beans and Chowlee
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/161840/Vigna-unguiculata/Detai...
https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/hyde-hall/garden-highlights/T... (Number 5 in the list)
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Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 01:07
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vielen Dank!
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5 +2Cowpea/Chinese long bean and others
Yorkshireman
2spaghetti bean
Wendy Streitparth


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Cowpea/Chinese long bean and others


Explanation:
Common names

Cowpea, asparagus bean, black-eyed pea, catjang, catjang cowpea, Chinese long bean, clay pea, cow-pea, cream pea, crowder pea, pea bean, purple-hull pea, southern pea, sow pea, yard-long bean [English]; dolique asperge, dolique mongette, haricot asperge, haricot indigène, niébé, pois à vaches [French]; feijão-espargo, feijão-fradinho [Portuguese]; costeño, frijol de costa, judía catjang, judía espárrago, rabiza [Spanish]; اللوبياء [Arabic]; adua, ayi, too, tipielega, yo, tuya, saau [Ghana]; wake, ezo, nyebbe, ngalo, azzo, dijok, alev, arebe, lubia, mongo, ewa, akedi, akoti [Nigeria]; kunde [Swahili]; Kedesche, sona, kadje, tombing, isanje [Togo]; imbumba, indumba, isihlumaya [Zulu]; kacang bol, kacang merah, kacang toonggak, kacang béngkok [Indonesian]; đậu dải, đậu dải trắng rốn nâu [Vietnamese]

These include your yard-long bean and asparagus beans

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Note added at 26 mins (2018-10-11 08:07:14 GMT)
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The Royal Horticultural Society calls them Cherry Beans, Yardlong Beans and Chowlee
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/161840/Vigna-unguiculata/Detai...
https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/hyde-hall/garden-highlights/T... (Number 5 in the list)



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Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 01:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble: Answer easily found if the asker had bothered to do a simple search.
10 hrs
  -> Yes, all you need is the Latin name
agree  John Speese: Each variety of V. unguiculata seems to have its own common name. Black-eyed peas and cream peas (without the "eye") are the most common ones in the Southern US where I'm from. Yardlong bean seems to be the common name for the cultivar "Metro".
2 days 4 hrs
  -> THX - they seem to be pretty international, though I've not seen them on sale anywhere around here (Hannover, Germany)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
spaghetti bean


Explanation:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/approx-SPAGHETTI-Chinese-Spaghetti-...

5g (approx. 30) yard long green bean seeds SPAGHETTI Snake Bean, Chinese Long Bean, Spaghetti Bean, Cowpea

Of the many options, this seems to be one of them.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-10-11 11:30:59 GMT)
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Though yard-long bean seems the most common.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 01:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yorkshireman: Hi Wendy, should we agree with each other to get the ball rolling? :-)
4 hrs
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