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green bean

noun

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


green bean

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of green bean1

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

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Example Sentences

A French green bean salad with warm goat cheese reminds Ina Garten of having lunch in Paris.

In a medium bowl lightly blend leftover green bean casserole with milk, stock and turkey.

Also, the structure of the roasted bean renders it more readily penetrable by solvents than does that of the green bean.

These substances are not present in the green bean, but are produced during the process of roasting.

Coffee roasters figure, however, that the average loss is sixteen percent of the weight of the green bean.

Add some ham, onion, celery, green bean sprouts and mushrooms cut fine.

The Bogota green bean ranges from a blue-green bean to a fancy yellow.

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