LIMA BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lima bean mean? 

• LIMA BEAN (noun)
  The noun LIMA BEAN has 3 senses:

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

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

3. broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw

  Familiarity information: LIMA BEAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIMA BEAN (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 ("lima bean" 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 "lima bean"):

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

Holonyms ("lima bean" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lima bean; lima bean plant; Phaseolus limensis

Hypernyms ("lima bean" 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 "lima bean"):

lima bean (broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw)

Holonyms ("lima bean" is a member of...):

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lima bean" is a kind of...):

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

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

Fordhooks (relatively large lima beans)

Holonyms ("lima bean" is a part of...):

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