snap bean

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Definition of snap bean in English English dictionary

The unripe or green edible fruitpod of a bean plant such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris

Their Sunday dinner always included snap beans cooked with fatback.

{i} tender edible string bean that snap into sections easily

tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

Turkish pronunciation

snäp bin

Pronunciation

/ˈsnap ˈbēn/ /ˈsnæp ˈbiːn/

Etymology

[ 'snap ] (verb.) 1530. Dutch or Low German snappen; akin to Middle High German snappen to snap.