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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

green bean

(Plants) any bean plant, such as the French bean, having narrow green edible pods when unripe

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green′ bean`

the slender immature green pod of the kidney bean, eaten as a vegetable.

[1940–45, Amer.]

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Noun	1.	green bean - immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable fresh bean - beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried snap bean, snap - tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections 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 French bean, haricot vert, haricots verts - very small and slender green bean
	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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