Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lima_bean

3 senses of lima bean

Sense 1
sieva bean, butter bean, butter-bean plant, lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus -- (bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds)
       => shell bean, shell bean plant -- (a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod)

Sense 2
lima bean, lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis -- (bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds)
       => shell bean, shell bean plant -- (a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod)

Sense 3
lima bean -- (broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw)
       => shell bean -- (unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking)