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Noun: lima bean plant
  1. Bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
    - lima bean, Phaseolus limensis
Noun: Lima  lee-mu
  1. Capital and largest city and economic centre of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
    - capital of Peru
Noun: lima bean
  1. Bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
    - sieva bean, butter bean, butter-bean plant, Phaseolus lunatus
     
  2. Broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw

Type of: national capital, shell bean, shell bean plant

Part of: genus Phaseolus, PE, Peru, Phaseolus, Republic of Peru

Encyclopedia: Lima, PA

Lima bean