How do Mexican's say "green bean"?

Question

I've seen green string beans at the local hispanic market labeled as "ejotes", but spanishdict.com translates green beans as "judia verde". What's the correct way of referring to green string beans especially when speaking to American hispanics?

• Mexicans - without the apostrophe - joeiv14 Apr 6, 2010

Answer 1

Judias verdes es correcto, en España se les llama asi.

pero depende del lugar de donde eres se les llama por otros nombres, en Mexico "ejotes"

Answer 2

Ejotes