green bean

noun

1. immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable (Freq. 1)

• Hypernyms: ↑fresh bean

• Hyponyms:

↑snap bean, ↑snap, ↑string bean, ↑Kentucky wonder, ↑Kentucky wonder bean, ↑scarlet runner, ↑scarlet runner bean, ↑runner bean, ↑English runner bean, ↑haricot vert, ↑haricots verts, ↑French bean

2. a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods

• Hypernyms: ↑common bean, ↑common bean plant, ↑Phaseolus vulgaris

• Hyponyms: ↑haricot

• Member Holonyms: ↑Phaseolus, ↑genus Phaseolus

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noun

: any of numerous kidney beans that have the pods green when suitably matured for use as snap beans — compare wax bean

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the immature green pod of the kidney bean, eaten as a vegetable. Also called string bean, stringless bean.

[1940-45, Amer.]

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green bean noun

A French bean, the immature pod of the kidney bean

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Main Entry: ↑green

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green bean UK US noun [countable] [singular green bean plural green beans]

a long thin green vegetable that grows on a tall climbing plant

Thesaurus: beans, lentils and peas_hyponym vegetables_hyponym types of food or drink_hypernym

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green bean,

the edible green pod of some kidney beans.

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n. the immature pod of any of various bean plants, eaten as a vegetable. See also string bean

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noun, pl ⋯ beans [count]

: a type of bean whose long green seed cases are eaten as a vegetable when they are young and tender — compare ↑string bean

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ˌgreen ˈbean [green bean] (BrE also ˌFrench ˈbean) (NAmE also ˌstring ˈbean) noun

a type of ↑bean which is a long thin green ↑pod, cooked and eaten whole as a vegetable

See also: ↑French bean ▪ ↑string bean