green bean
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green bean
n.
See string bean.
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green bean
n
(Plants) any bean plant, such as the French bean, having narrow green edible pods when unripe
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green′ bean`
n.
the slender immature green pod of the kidney bean, eaten as a vegetable.
[1940–45, Amer.]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() fresh bean - beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried string bean - green beans with strings that must be removed Kentucky wonder, Kentucky wonder bean - flat-podded green bean English runner bean, runner bean, scarlet runner bean, scarlet runner - long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain |
2. | green bean - a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods genus Phaseolus, Phaseolus - herbs of warm regions including most American beans common bean, common bean plant, Phaseolus vulgaris - the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods haricot - a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans |
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