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green bean

green bean noun: the immature pods of any kind of bean plant, eaten as a vegetable. Also the ellipsis of green bean galaxy.

Noun

green bean (plural green beans)

  1. The immature pods of any kind of bean plant, eaten as a vegetable.
  2. The immature pods of numerous varieties of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris.
  3. (slang) A Roblox player wearing a green costume, symbolising support for Grow a Garden, a Roblox video game about growing plants.

Also used as

green bean is also the ellipsis of green bean galaxy.

green bean meaning in Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

green bean in Tagalog

immature pods of any kind of bean
sitaw

green bean in Arabic

immature pods of any kind of bean
فَاصُولِيَاء fāṣūliyāʔ

green bean in Indonesian

immature pods of any kind of bean
buncis
More languagesFewer languages
Dzongkha
སྲནམ་ཅུམ་ཧོནམོ sranm cum honmo

Forms of green bean

pluralgreen beans

Words formed from green bean

Questions about green bean

What does green bean mean?
Green bean means the immature pods of any kind of bean plant, eaten as a vegetable.
What is green bean in Tagalog?
Green bean in Tagalog is sitaw. See Green bean meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is green bean?
Green bean is a noun.
What is the plural of green bean?
The plural of green bean is green beans.

Words near green bean in the dictionary

  1. green ban
  2. green band
  3. green bans
  4. green bass
  5. Green Bay
  6. green bean
  7. green bean galaxies
  8. green bean galaxy
  9. green beans
  10. green bee-eater
  11. green bee-eaters

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