shell bean
English Thesaurus
1. unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | fresh bean, |
| definition | : | beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | lima bean, |
| definition | : | broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | butter bean, butterbean, civet bean, sieva bean, |
| definition | : | small flat green bean similar to lima beans (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | broad bean, fava bean, |
| definition | : | shell beans cooked as lima beans (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | green soybean, |
| definition | : | seeds shelled and cooked as lima beans (noun.food) |
| part meronym | : | shell bean, shell bean plant, |
| definition | : | a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod (noun.plant) |
2. a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bean, bean plant, |
| definition | : | any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lima bean, lima bean plant, phaseolus limensis, |
| definition | : | bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | butter bean, butter-bean plant, lima bean, phaseolus lunatus, sieva bean, |
| definition | : | bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | phaseolus acutifolius latifolius, tepary bean, |
| definition | : | twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, english bean, european bean, field bean, vicia faba, |
| definition | : | Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | shell bean, |
| definition | : | unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking (noun.food) |
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