lima bean

Noun

Meaning

broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw

bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds

bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

butter bean sieva bean butter-bean plant Phaseolus lunatus lima bean plant Phaseolus limensis green bean field pea Egyptian bean jack bean navy bean black bean pinto bean Indian bean shell bean

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Hypernyms

shell bean shell bean plant

Hyponyms

Fordhooks

Examples

A shot of cocaine and speed, and a shot of heroin. Stripped off all my clothes, leapt downstairs, and ran out on Park Avenue and two blocks down it before my friends caught me. Naked. Naked as a lima bean. Edie Sedgwick

The baby kangaroo was the size of a Lima bean when it was born. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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