fresh bean - beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried

snap bean, snap - tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

string bean - green beans with strings that must be removed

Kentucky wonder, Kentucky wonder bean - flat-podded green bean

English runner bean, runner bean, scarlet runner bean, scarlet runner - long bean pods always sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain

French bean, haricot vert, haricots verts - very small and slender green bean

genus Phaseolus, Phaseolus - herbs of warm regions including most American beans

common bean, common bean plant, Phaseolus vulgaris - the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods

haricot - a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans