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butter bean

 
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–noun
1. a variety of small-seeded lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus, grown in the southern U.S.
2. Midland and Southern U.S. any type of lima bean.
Also, but⋅ter⋅bean.

Origin:
1810–20
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butter bean  
n.  

  1. Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S. See lima bean.

  2. New England See wax bean.

li·ma bean   (lī'mə)   
n.   In both senses also called regionally butter bean.

  1. Any of several varieties of a tropical American plant (Phaseolus limensis) having flat pods containing large, light green, edible seeds.

  2. The seed of this plant.


[After Lima, Peru.]
wax bean  
n.  A variety of string bean having yellow pods. Also called regionally butter bean.
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