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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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.
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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
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—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
Readiness for harvest as green beans (snap beans) relates only to the thickness, or in the case of flat-pod varieties, the width of the pods.
—Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 2 Aug. 2019
They are found on cowpeas, lima beans, snap beans, soybeans in most states east of the Mississippi River as well as parts of Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, and Utah.
—The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2018
Get ready for warm-season veggies: Begin planting warm-season vegetables, such as tomatoes and bell peppers (use transplants for these two), cucumbers, corn, snap beans and squash over the next couple of weeks.
—NOLA.com, 3 Mar. 2018
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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
Readiness for harvest as green beans (snap beans) relates only to the thickness, or in the case of flat-pod varieties, the width of the pods.
—Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 2 Aug. 2019
They are found on cowpeas, lima beans, snap beans, soybeans in most states east of the Mississippi River as well as parts of Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, and Utah.
—The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2018
Get ready for warm-season veggies: Begin planting warm-season vegetables, such as tomatoes and bell peppers (use transplants for these two), cucumbers, corn, snap beans and squash over the next couple of weeks.
—NOLA.com, 3 Mar. 2018
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