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Noun: butter-bean plant
  1. Bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
    - sieva bean, butter bean, lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus

Derived forms: butter-bean plants

Type of: shell bean, shell bean plant

Part of: genus Phaseolus, Phaseolus