French bean

American  

noun

1. British. the pod of a green bean or wax bean, eaten as a vegetable.

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French bean British  

noun

1. a small twining bushy or annual bean plant, Phaseolus vulgaris , with white or lilac flowers and slender green edible pods

2. the pod of this plant See also haricot

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Etymology

Origin of French bean

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion must excite your languid spleen, An attachment E LA Plato for a bashful young potato, or a not-too- French French bean.

From Songs of a Savoyard by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

Gilbert, again, in Patience has a reference to "a not-too-French French bean" that suggests a ribald estimate of this family of plants.

From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert

A half-dwarf, French bean, similar in habit to the Dwarf Sabre.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing

Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion must excite your languid spleen, An attachment a la Plato for a bashful young potato, or a not-too-French French bean.

From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

The kidney bean, French bean, or haricot is the Phaseŏlus vulgāris, a well-known culinary vegetable.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various