fresh bean

/frɛʃ bin/

Other forms: fresh beans

Definitions of fresh bean

1. noun

   beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried
   types:

   green bean

   immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable

   wax bean, yellow bean

   snap beans with yellow pods

   shell bean

   unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking

   snap, snap bean

   tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

   string bean

   green beans with strings that must be removed

   Kentucky wonder, Kentucky wonder bean

   flat-podded green bean

   English runner bean, runner bean, scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean

   long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain

   French bean, haricot vert, haricots verts

   very small and slender green bean

   lima bean

   broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw

   butter bean, butterbean, civet bean, sieva bean

   small flat green bean similar to lima beans

   broad bean, fava bean

   shell beans cooked as lima beans

   green soybean

   seeds shelled and cooked as lima beans

   type of:

   common bean

   any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried