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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At Torbert Farms in Homestead, farmers were up early Thursday to water the snap beans, yellow squash, sweet corn and okra.
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
Farmers have already been reporting frost damage in crops such as snap beans, sweet corn, squash and bell peppers.
—Dan Peck, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
Both types are made from the same variety of mature green beans (aka string beans or snap beans).
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2025
By 1941, Japanese farmers produced more than 90% of the state’s strawberries, 73% of snap beans, 75% of celery, 60% of cauliflower, and 45% of tomatoes, according to a federal report.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Vegetables: Cantaloupe, collard, corn, cucumber, eggplant, lima bean, okra, pepper, pumpkin, snap bean, southern pea, squash, tomato and watermelon
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—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2025
When money ran short, people couldn’t afford the salt meat that was traditionally cooked with snap beans to season them.
—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
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
Farmers have already been reporting frost damage in crops such as snap beans, sweet corn, squash and bell peppers.
—Dan Peck, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
Both types are made from the same variety of mature green beans (aka string beans or snap beans).
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2025
By 1941, Japanese farmers produced more than 90% of the state’s strawberries, 73% of snap beans, 75% of celery, 60% of cauliflower, and 45% of tomatoes, according to a federal report.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Vegetables: Cantaloupe, collard, corn, cucumber, eggplant, lima bean, okra, pepper, pumpkin, snap bean, southern pea, squash, tomato and watermelon
4.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2025
When money ran short, people couldn’t afford the salt meat that was traditionally cooked with snap beans to season them.
—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
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“Snap bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snap%20bean. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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