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lima bean

  [lahy-muh]
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–noun
1. a bean, Phaseolus limensis, having a broad, flat, edible seed.
2. the seed, used for food.
Origin:
1810–20; named after Lima, Peru
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Trip to Lima, Peru?
Visit the Official Travel Site for Your Trip to Peru. Live the Legend
www.Peru.info
China kidney beans
light speckled kidney beans High quality & low price
www.China-Bean.com
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

lima bean 
1756, assoc. with Lima, Peru, from which region the plant (Phaseolus lunatus) was introduced to Europe c.1500, among the earliest New World crops to be known in the Old World. Simmonds' "Dictionary of Trade" (1858) describes it as "esteemed," but it has the consistency of a diseased dog kidney.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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