a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods
Green Bean or kacang hijau can also be made into a sweet dessert soup. When cooked, they become soft and sweet-tasting. Also known as Mung beans, they are usually sprouted for bean sprouts, the crispy and delicious sprouts we all know as taugeh.
A small green bean that is eaten in its long green pod. The green bean used to have a fibrous "string" down the center of the pod; this characteristic has been bred out of the species. Also called "string bean."
Also known as French bean, runner bean, climbing bean,...
a long, slender green pod that contains several small seeds; the entire crisp pod is edible; also known as a string bean (because of the fibrous string that runs down the side; modern varieties do not have this fiber), fresh bean and snap bean.
Green beans are the unripe fruits of any kind of bean.