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snap bean

snap bean noun: the unripe or green edible fruit pod of a bean plant such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.

Noun

snap bean (plural snap beans)

  1. 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.

Forms of snap bean

pluralsnap beans

Questions about snap bean

What does snap bean mean?
Snap bean means the unripe or green edible fruit pod of a bean plant such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
What part of speech is snap bean?
Snap bean is a noun.
What is the plural of snap bean?
The plural of snap bean is snap beans.

Words near snap bean in the dictionary

  1. snams
  2. snap
  3. snap apple
  4. snap at someone's heels
  5. snap back
  6. snap bean
  7. snap beans
  8. snap beetle
  9. snap beetles
  10. snap bracelet
  11. snap bracelets

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