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Lima bean

noun

Bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds. Synonyms: butter-bean plant, butter bean, Phaseolus lunatus, sieva bean.

Bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds. Synonyms: lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis.

Broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw.

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"Lima bean" Quotes from Famous Books

... diameter; it was white on the outside, very hard, and was shaped and looked much like a potato. Its dry weight was 660 grains. At one end was a polished surface that corresponded with a similar surface on a smaller stone that lay against it; the latter calculus was shaped like a lima bean, and weighed 60 grains. Hunt speaks of eight calculi removed from the urethra of a boy of five. Herman and the Ephemerides mention cases of calculi in the ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... Cautious Cat To the Reckless Rat, Likewise to the Innocent Lamb: "We'll tack this smack And sail right back To send a Mar-coni-o-gram. For the winds might blow Both high and low And I wouldn't care a Lima Bean, But I never can sail When the ocean gale Blows a little bit in between— Just a ...

— Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) - Fun and Thought for Little Folk • Various

Words linked to "Lima bean" : shell bean, civet bean, genus Phaseolus, butterbean, Phaseolus, Fordhooks, shell bean plant