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Noun: green bean  green been
  1. Immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable
     
  2. A common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods
     
  3. Seed of the mung bean plant used for food
    - mung bean, mung, green gram, golden gram, moong, mash bean, munggo, green soy, moong bean

Derived forms: green beans

Type of: bean, common bean, common bean plant, edible bean, fresh bean, Phaseolus vulgaris

Part of: genus Phaseolus, mung, mung bean, mung bean plant, Phaseolus, Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata

Encyclopedia: Green bean