String'-beans, n. pl.
French beans, or bush-beans; — so called from the string-like fiber which is stripped from the sides of the pods in preparing them, when green, for the table. [U. S.] Bartlett.
French beans, or bush-beans; — so called from the string-like fiber which is stripped from the sides of the pods in preparing them, when green, for the table. [U. S.] Bartlett.