Green bean

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Green common beans on the plant

Green beans are the fruits of any kind of bean, eaten immature as a vegetable.

Beans commonly eaten in this way include the yardlong bean, the hyacinth bean, the pea, the winged bean and especially the common bean, whose pods are also called string beans or snap beans. Varieties have been bred especially for the fleshiness, flavor, or sweetness of their pods.

Green beans are of nearly universal distribution. They are marketed canned, frozen and fresh.

A popular dish with green beans, particularly at Thanksgiving, is green bean casserole.

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