string bean

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   green beans with strings that must be removed

   Broadergreen bean

Questions about string bean

What does string bean mean?

string bean means "green beans with strings that must be removed".

Is string bean a common word?

string bean is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.