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SHELL BEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("shell bean" is a kind of...):
fresh bean (beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shell bean"):
lima bean (broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw)
butter bean; butterbean; civet bean; sieva bean (small flat green bean similar to lima beans)
broad bean; fava bean (shell beans cooked as lima beans)
green soybean (seeds shelled and cooked as lima beans)
Holonyms ("shell bean" is a part of...):
shell bean; shell bean plant (a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
Synonyms:
shell bean; shell bean plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shell bean" is a kind of...):
bean; bean plant (any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods)
Meronyms (parts of "shell bean"):
shell bean (unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shell bean"):
lima bean; lima bean plant; Phaseolus limensis (bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds)
butter-bean plant; butter bean; lima bean; Phaseolus lunatus; sieva bean (bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds)
Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius; tepary bean (twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans)
broad-bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; English bean; European bean; field bean; Vicia faba (Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder)
