noun
Meaning 1
Any long, slender green bean.
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Phrase guide
string bean
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noun
Meaning 2
Any long, slender green bean.
A common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
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noun
Meaning 3
Any long, slender green bean.
An immature runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
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noun
Meaning 4
Any long, slender green bean.
A yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)
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noun
Meaning 5
Any long, slender green bean.
A hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
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noun
Meaning 6
A tall and thin person.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 7
green beans with strings that must be removed
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Broader terms: green bean
History
Etymology
Named for the tough, fibrous string running along the length of the pod (even though it is not present in some modern varieties).
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لوبيا خضرة (lūbya ḵaḍra) — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Armenian: թելով լոբի (tʻelov lobi) — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Burmese: ပဲတောင့်ရှည် (pai:taung.hrany) — a long, slender variety of green bean
- French: haricot vert — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Greek: αμπελοφάσουλο (ampelofásoulo) — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Hungarian: zöldbab — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Italian: fagiolino — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Macedonian: боранија (boranija) — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Malay: kacang buncis — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Brunei Malay: kacang buncis — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Maltese: fażola twila — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Polish: fasola szparagowa — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Polish: fasolka szparagowa — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Romanian: fasole lunguiață — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Romanian: fasole verde — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Russian: стручко́вая фасо́ль (stručkóvaja fasólʹ) — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Russian: волокни́стая фасо́ль (voloknístaja fasólʹ) — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Spanish: vainica — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Spanish: habichuela — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Tagalog: ayap — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Tagalog: paayap — a long, slender variety of green bean
- Finnish: kukkakeppi — tall and thin person
- French: échalas — tall and thin person
- Italian: spilungone — tall and thin person
- Polish: dryblas — tall and thin person
- Portuguese: trinca-espinhas — tall and thin person
- Romanian: lungan — tall and thin person
- Romanian: găligan — tall and thin person
- Russian: жердь (žerdʹ) — tall and thin person
- Spanish: larguirucho — tall and thin person