butter bean
1butter bean — n. any of various light colored beans, as a lima bean or wax bean …
2butter bean — n a large pale yellow bean …
3butter bean — ► NOUN ▪ a lima bean of a variety with large flat white seeds …
4butter bean — noun 1. bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds • Syn: ↑sieva bean, ↑butter bean plant, ↑lima bean, ↑Phaseolus lunatus • Hypernyms: ↑shell bean, ↑shell bean plant …
5butter bean — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms butter bean : singular butter bean plural butter beans a large pale yellow bean that you sometimes buy in a dried form and then cook in water …
6butter bean — lenktasėklė pupelė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos daržovinis, maistinis, vaistinis kultūrinis augalas (Phaseolus lunatus). atitikmenys: lot. Phaseolus inamoenus; Phaseolus limensis; Phaseolus lunatus; Phaseolus lunatus var.… …
7butter bean — butter beans N COUNT: usu pl Butter beans are the yellowish flat round seeds of a kind of bean plant. They are eaten as a vegetable, and in Britain they are usually sold dried rather than fresh …
8butter-bean plant — noun bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds • Syn: ↑sieva bean, ↑butter bean, ↑lima bean, ↑Phaseolus lunatus • Hypernyms: ↑shell bean, ↑shell bean plant …
9butter bean — noun Date: circa 1819 1. lima bean: as a. chiefly Southern & Midland a dried lima bean b. sieva bean 2. wax bean 3. a green shell bean especially as opposed to a snap bean …
10butter bean — noun Any of several beans, including the lima bean, sieva bean, wax bean, and civet bean …
