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lima bean
[ lahy-muh ]
noun
- a bean, Phaseolus limensis, having a broad, flat, edible seed.
- the seed, used for food.
lima bean
/ ˈliː-; ˈlaɪmə /
noun
- any of several varieties of the bean plant, Phaseolus lunatus (or P. limensis ), native to tropical America but cultivated in the US for its flat pods containing pale green edible seeds
- the seed of such a plant
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lima bean1
1810–20; named after Lima, Peru
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lima bean1
C19: named after Lima
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Example Sentences
Also there's something familiar about the bushy eyebrows and the lima bean ears.
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The mast Bunny had made was only a piece of a lima bean pole, and the sail was only an old bag.
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Seeds borne in large pods shaped like a lima bean about ten inches long.
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They had just then come in from the lima-bean field, where they had planted poles.
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