shell bean

shell bean

n.

Any of various beans cultivated for their edible seeds rather than their pods.

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shell bean

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) US any of various bean plants that are cultivated for their edible seeds rather than for their pods

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shell bean - a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod shell bean plant shell bean - unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking bean plant, bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis, lima bean - bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds butter bean, butter-bean plant, 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, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia faba, broad bean - Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
	2.	shell bean - unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking fresh bean - beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried lima bean - broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw butterbean, civet bean, sieva bean, butter bean - small flat green bean similar to lima beans fava bean, broad bean - shell beans cooked as lima beans green soybean - seeds shelled and cooked as lima beans shell bean, shell bean plant - a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod