BUTTER-BEAN PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butter-bean plant mean? 

• BUTTER-BEAN PLANT (noun)
  The noun BUTTER-BEAN PLANT has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTTER-BEAN PLANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butter-bean plant; butter bean; lima bean; Phaseolus lunatus; sieva bean

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

shell bean; shell bean plant (a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod)

Meronyms (parts of "butter-bean plant"):

butter bean; butterbean; civet bean; sieva bean (small flat green bean similar to lima beans)

Holonyms ("butter-bean plant" is a member of...):

genus Phaseolus; Phaseolus (herbs of warm regions including most American beans)