| NOUN | plant | shell bean plant, shell bean | a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod |
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| Meaning | A bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod. | |
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| Synonym | shell bean | |
| Parts | shell bean | unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking |
| Narrower | broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia faba | Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder |
| lima bean, lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis | bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds | |
| sieva bean, butter bean, butter-bean plant, lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus | bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds | |
| tepary bean, Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius | Twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans | |
| Broader | bean, bean plant | Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods |
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