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fresh bean

DEFINITIONS OF: fresh bean

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n beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried

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green bean
immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable
wax bean, yellow bean
snap beans with yellow pods
shell bean
unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking
snap, snap bean
tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
string bean
green beans with strings that must be removed
Kentucky wonder, Kentucky wonder bean
flat-podded green bean
English runner bean, runner bean, scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean
long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
French bean, haricot vert, haricots verts
very small and slender green bean
lima bean
broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw
butter bean, butterbean, civet bean, sieva bean
small flat green bean similar to lima beans
broad bean, fava bean
shell beans cooked as lima beans
green soybean
seeds shelled and cooked as lima beans
Type of:
common bean
any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried
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