Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several varieties of a tropical American plant (Phaseolus lunatus) having flat pods containing large light-green or white edible seeds.
- noun A seed of this plant.
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- noun The
butter bean , Phaseolus lunatus.
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- noun broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw
- noun bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
- noun bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Lima, Peru.]
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Named after the city of Lima, from which they were exported.
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