Meanings
noungreen bean (plural green beans)
plural green beans
- The immature pods of numerous varieties of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris.
- slangvideo gamesA Roblox player wearing a green costume, symbolising support for Grow a Garden, a Roblox video game about growing plants.
- abbreviationellipsisastronomyEllipsis of green bean galaxy.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounseed of the mung bean plant; used for food
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nounseed of the mung bean plant used for food
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Translations
Arabic فَاصُولِيَاء
- فَاصُولِيَاء (fāṣūliyāʔ)immature pods of any kind of bean
Catalan bajoca, mongeta tendra
- bajocaimmature pods of common bean
- mongeta tendraimmature pods of common bean
Chinese Mandarin 四季豆, 菜豆
- 四季豆 (sìjìdòu)immature pods of any kind of bean
- 菜豆 (càidòu)immature pods of common bean
Czech fazolka
- fazolkaimmature pods of common bean
Finnish vihreä papu, vihreä papu
- vihreä papuimmature pods of any kind of bean
- vihreä papuimmature pods of common bean
French haricot, haricot vert
- haricotimmature pods of any kind of bean
- haricot vertimmature pods of any kind of bean
German Bohnschote, Brechbohne
- Bohnschoteimmature pods of common bean
- Brechbohneimmature pods of common bean
- Fisoleimmature pods of common bean
- grüne Bohneimmature pods of common bean
- Prinzessbohneimmature pods of common bean
- Schnittbohneimmature pods of common bean
- Stangenbohneimmature pods of common bean
- Strankerlimmature pods of common bean
Greek φασολάκια, φασολάκια
- φασολάκια (fasolákia)immature pods of any kind of bean
- φασολάκια (fasolákia)immature pods of common bean
Hungarian zöldbab
- zöldbabimmature pods of any kind of bean
Indonesian buncis
- buncisimmature pods of any kind of bean
Italian fagiolino
- fagiolinoimmature pods of any kind of bean
Japanese サヤマメ, さや豆
- サヤマメ (sayamame)immature pods of any kind of bean
- さや豆 (sayamame)immature pods of any kind of bean
Polish fasola szparagowa, fasolka szparagowa
- fasola szparagowaimmature pods of any kind of bean
- fasolka szparagowaimmature pods of any kind of bean
- fasola szparagowaimmature pods of common bean
- fasolka szparagowaimmature pods of common bean
Portuguese vagem, feijão verde
- vagemimmature pods of any kind of bean
- feijão verdeimmature pods of any kind of bean
- feijão verdeimmature pods of common bean
- vagemimmature pods of common bean
Romanian păstăi verzi, fasole verde
- păstăi verziimmature pods of any kind of bean
- fasole verdeimmature pods of any kind of bean
Russian зелёная фасо́ль
- зелёная фасо́ль (zeljónaja fasólʹ)immature pods of any kind of bean
Spanish bajoca, caparrón verde
- bajocaimmature pods of any kind of bean
- caparrón verdeimmature pods of any kind of bean
- chauchaimmature pods of any kind of bean
- ejoteimmature pods of any kind of bean
- fréjolimmature pods of any kind of bean
- habichuelaimmature pods of any kind of bean
- habichuela tiernaimmature pods of any kind of bean
- habichuela verdeimmature pods of any kind of bean
- judía verdeimmature pods of any kind of bean
- poroto verdeimmature pods of any kind of bean
- vainaimmature pods of any kind of bean
- vainicaimmature pods of any kind of bean
Swedish grön böna, haricot vert
- grön bönaimmature pods of any kind of bean
- haricot vertimmature pods of any kind of bean
Tagalog sitaw
- sitawimmature pods of any kind of bean
Turkish taze fasulye, yeşil fasulye
- taze fasulyeimmature pods of any kind of bean
- yeşil fasulyeimmature pods of any kind of bean
- taze fasulyeimmature pods of common bean
- yeşil fasulyeimmature pods of common bean
Ukrainian стрічкова квасоля
- стрічкова квасоля (stričkova kvasolja)immature pods of any kind of bean
Cite this entry
APA
green bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/green%20bean
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“green bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/green%20bean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “green bean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/green%20bean.
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