BUTTER-BEAN PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does butter-bean plant mean? • BUTTER-BEAN PLANT (noun)
The noun BUTTER-BEAN PLANT has 1 sense:
1. bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
Familiarity information: BUTTER-BEAN PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BUTTER-BEAN PLANT (noun)
Meaning:
Bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
butter bean; butter-bean plant; lima bean; Phaseolus lunatus; sieva bean
Hypernyms ("butter-bean plant" is a kind of...):
shell bean; shell bean plant (a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod)
Meronyms (parts of "butter-bean plant"):
butter bean; butterbean; civet bean; sieva bean (small flat green bean similar to lima beans)
Holonyms ("butter-bean plant" is a member of...):
genus Phaseolus; Phaseolus (herbs of warm regions including most American beans)
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