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A bean is the seed of plants in many genera of the legume family used as a vegetable for human consumption or animal feed. The seeds are sold fresh or preserved through drying. Beans have been cultiva
French bean pods on a plant
Flower with pollinator
Lablab flowers and fruits
Broad beans ready for harvest
Green bean
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Green beans are young, unripe fruits of various cultivars of the common bean. Green beans are known by several common names, including French beans, string beans, and snap beans or simply "snaps".
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…processed into tofu; others are fermented to form tempeh. Guar beans are used for their gum. The unripe seedpods of some varieties are also eaten whole as green beans or edamame (immature soybean). Some types are sprouted to form beansprouts. Many fully ripened beans contain toxins like phytohaemagglutinin and require…
A pile of raw green beans
Varieties of climbing French beans, from left: 'The Hunter,' 'Cosse Violette,' 'Rob Roy,' 'Rob Splashed,' 'Kingston Gold'
Green common beans on the plant
Green beans with bean slicer