snap bean

Meanings

nounsnap bean (plural snap beans)

The unripe or green edible fruit pod of a bean plant such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
Their Sunday dinner always included snap beans cooked with fatback.

nountender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

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