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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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