Assertion: green bean | /r/Synonym | string beans
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Green beans are often called string beans because years ago a fibrous string ran along the seam of the bean.
text: Green beans are known by many common names, including French beans, string beans, snap beans and snaps.
text: The green bean is also known as string bean, owing to the string that ran along the side of the pod.
text: Green beans used to have a very strong fibrous thread along the seams, and were thus referred to as string beans, a term mostly used by old-timers.
text: Green beans are also called snap beans or string beans.
text: Green beans are also called string beans and snap beans
text: Green beans are also called string beans.
text: The obvious signifier, green beans get their designation because of their intense green color; they are also called string beans because once the plant reaches its mature phase, a string develops over the whole length of the pod, although the current consumer trend dictates that they should be harvested way before the string has any chance to develop; and finally, they are called snap beans because when picked in their “infancy”, green beans are easily snapped with just a finger’s snap.
text: Also called string beans, green beans are made up of small seeds encased in long pods.
text: Also called snap beans or string beans, green beans actually come in a range of colors, from green to yellow to purple.
text: Green beans are known by many common names, including French beans, string beans, snap beans, snaps, and the French name haricot vert.