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Definition of Lima bean

Lima bean
Lima Li"ma (l[=e]"m[.a] or l[imac]"m[.a]), n. The capital city of Peru, in South America. Lima bean. (Bot.) (a) A variety of climbing or pole bean (Phaseolus lunatus), which has very large flattish seeds. (b) The seed of this plant, much used for food. Lima wood (Bot.), the beautiful dark wood of the South American tree C[ae]salpinia echinata.

Meaning of Lima bean from wikipedia

- A lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), also commonly known as butter bean, sieva bean, double bean or Madagascar bean, is a legume grown for its edible seeds...
- Another common name is butter bean, which, however, can also refer to the lima bean, a different species. It is grown both as a food plant and an ornamental...
- The navy bean, haricot bean, pearl haricot bean, Boston bean, white pea bean, or pea bean is a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) native to...
- Lima bean agar (LBA) is an agar medium which is used to cultivate the spores of Phytophthora sojae. Phytophthora sojae causes soybean blight (Phytophthora...
- United States; and lima and sieva beans (P. lunatus); as well as the less widely distributed teparies (P. acutifolius), scarlet runner beans (P. coccineus)...
- butterbean or butter bean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Butterbean may refer to: Lima bean Phaseolus lunatus, an edible legume Runner bean Phaseolus coccineus...
- American vegetable dish consisting primarily of sweet corn with lima beans or other s**** beans. The name succotash is derived from the Narragansett word sahquttahhash...
- their beans: P. acutifolius (tepary bean), P. coccineus (runner bean), P. dumosus (year bean), P. lunatus (lima bean), and P. vulgaris (common bean). Most...
- and strawberry, tomato and lima bean festivals. It has been known as the "Lima Bean Capital of the World." The Lima Bean Festival is an annual event...
- Bean salad is a common salad composed of various cooked beans—typically green, wax, kidney, and/or lima beans—tossed in a sweet-sour vinaigrette. Variant...