SHELL BEAN PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shell bean plant mean? 

• SHELL BEAN PLANT (noun)
  The noun SHELL BEAN PLANT has 1 sense:

1. a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod

  Familiarity information: SHELL BEAN PLANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHELL BEAN PLANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

shell bean; shell bean plant

Hypernyms ("shell bean plant" is a kind of...):

bean; bean plant (any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods)

Meronyms (parts of "shell bean plant"):

shell bean (unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shell bean plant"):

lima bean; lima bean plant; Phaseolus limensis (bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds)

butter-bean plant; butter bean; lima bean; Phaseolus lunatus; sieva bean (bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds)

Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius; tepary bean (twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans)

broad-bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; English bean; European bean; field bean; Vicia faba (Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder)