green bean

noun

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

Words nearby green bean

green audit, green bag, green ban, green bass, green bay, green bean, green belt, green beret, green card, green corn, green crab

Origin of green bean

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Also called string bean, stringless bean.

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British Dictionary definitions for green bean

green bean

noun

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

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