green bean

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• noun The immature pods of any kind of bean plant, eaten as a vegetable.
• noun The immature pods of numerous varieties of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris.

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• noun immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable
• noun a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods