haricot vert

noun

har·i·cot vert ˌär-ē-kō-ˈver

plural haricots verts ˌär-ē-kō-ˈver

also haricot verts ˌär-ē-kō-ˈver(z)

: a thin green bean

Round out the meal with steamed new potatoes and haricots verts (thin green beans favored in France) or regular green beans.—

Tricia Callas

Examples of haricot vert in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lemony Green Bean Pasta Salad Seek out thin haricots verts (a.k.a. —

Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024 Lewandowski, a chef who moved there from Amsterdam in 2022, arranges vegetables from the local farmers’ market and their property’s 10-acre garden — tomatoes, treviso radicchio, haricots verts, scallions — directly onto white tablecloths to kaleidoscopic effect. —

Alexa Brazilian Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024 French cut green beans are haricots verts sliced horizontally, producing thinner strands of beans, if not the bodies of people who eat them by the pound. —

Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024 New potatoes soak in the dressing along with slender green beans (haricots verts), radishes, and chives. —

Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for haricot vert

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