snap bean
noun
: a bean grown primarily for its long pods that are cooked as a vegetable while young and tender and before the seeds have become enlarged compare shell bean
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When money ran short, people couldn’t afford the salt meat that was traditionally cooked with snap beans to season them.
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Reya Hart, The Atlantic, 15 June 2025
Consider planting crops suitable for a small row garden, such as snap beans, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, peppers, and greens.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
There is Franny, a pole snap bean named for Francesca Mariscesco, the only member of her family to survive Nazi concentration camps, who came as a refugee to the United States in 1946 with its seeds sewn into the folds of her clothing.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
More than 40 vegetables are grown commercially in the state, which ranks in the top three on production value of tomato, bell pepper, snap bean, squash, cabbage and cucumber, according to the University of Florida.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
Vegetables: Cantaloupe, collard, corn, cucumber, eggplant, lima bean, okra, pepper, pumpkin, snap bean, southern pea, squash, tomato and watermelon
4.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
The pods can be harvested after about 70 days for cooking as snap beans or allowed to dry on the vine.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2024
Early plantings include lima bean, snap bean, corn, cucumber, eggplant, pepper, southern pea, rhubarb, squash, and tomato; End of the month crops include broccoli, cabbage, celery, collard, endive, lettuce, mustard, onion, radish, strawberry and turnip 4.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2021
Plant southern peas by seed to harvest as snap beans.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 14 May 2020
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Reya Hart, The Atlantic, 15 June 2025
Consider planting crops suitable for a small row garden, such as snap beans, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, peppers, and greens.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
There is Franny, a pole snap bean named for Francesca Mariscesco, the only member of her family to survive Nazi concentration camps, who came as a refugee to the United States in 1946 with its seeds sewn into the folds of her clothing.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
More than 40 vegetables are grown commercially in the state, which ranks in the top three on production value of tomato, bell pepper, snap bean, squash, cabbage and cucumber, according to the University of Florida.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
Vegetables: Cantaloupe, collard, corn, cucumber, eggplant, lima bean, okra, pepper, pumpkin, snap bean, southern pea, squash, tomato and watermelon
4.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
The pods can be harvested after about 70 days for cooking as snap beans or allowed to dry on the vine.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2024
Early plantings include lima bean, snap bean, corn, cucumber, eggplant, pepper, southern pea, rhubarb, squash, and tomato; End of the month crops include broccoli, cabbage, celery, collard, endive, lettuce, mustard, onion, radish, strawberry and turnip 4.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2021
Plant southern peas by seed to harvest as snap beans.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 14 May 2020
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“Snap bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snap%20bean. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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