lima bean

  • 31Lima wood — Lima Li ma (l[=e] m[.a] or l[imac] m[.a]), n. The capital city of Peru, in South America. [1913 Webster] {Lima bean}. (Bot.) (a) A variety of climbing or pole bean ({Phaseolus lunatus}), which has very large flattish seeds. (b) The seed of this… …

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  • 32bean — [bēn] n. [ME ben < OE bean; akin to ON baun, Ger bohne < ? IE * bhabhā > L faba, bean] 1. any of various leguminous plants; esp., any of several species of a genus (Phaseolus) of the pea family, including the kidney bean and lima bean 2 …

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  • 33bean — beanlike, adj. /been/, n. 1. the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, esp. of the genus Phaseolus. 2. a plant producing such seeds. 3. the pod of such a plant, esp. when immature and eaten as a vegetable. 4. any of… …

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  • 34Bean — /been/, n. 1. Alan L(aVern), born 1932, U.S. astronaut. 2. Roy ( Judge ), 1825? 1903, U.S. frontiersman and justice of the peace: called himself the law west of the Pecos. * * * Seed or pod of certain leguminous plants (see legume). The mature… …

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  • 35Lima Mudlib — The Lima Mudlib is an LPC framework for building multi user role playing games for the MudOS LPMud driver. The original authors were Zakk Girouard, Tim Hollebeek, Greg Stein, and John Viega. It is primarily supported today at Lima Bean.When it… …

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  • 36Lima — noun a) The capital of Peru. b) The letter L in the ICAO spelling alphabet. See Also: lima bean …

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  • 37Lima, New York — refers to two locations south of the City of Rochester, New York in Livingston County, New York:*Lima (town), New York *Lima (village), New York Note that the names of both places are pronounced like the bean, not like the capital of Peru. This… …

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  • 38Florida bean — Bean Bean (b[=e]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[ a]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[=o]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[ o]nne, Sw. b[ o]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the… …

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  • 39Ignatius bean — Bean Bean (b[=e]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[ a]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[=o]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[ o]nne, Sw. b[ o]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the… …

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  • 40Navy bean — Bean Bean (b[=e]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[ a]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[=o]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[ o]nne, Sw. b[ o]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the… …

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