lima bean   (TTS Sound)

The noun lima bean has 3 senses

• 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)


• lima bean, lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis -- (bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds)


• lima bean -- (broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw)