English noun: butter bean |
1. | butter bean (plant) bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds |
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| Synonyms | butter-bean plant, lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus, sieva bean |
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| Broader (hypernym) | shell bean, shell bean plant |
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| Part holonym | butter bean, butterbean, civet bean, sieva bean |
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| Member meronym | genus Phaseolus, Phaseolus |
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2. | butter bean (food) small flat green bean similar to lima beans |
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| Synonyms | butterbean, civet bean, sieva bean |
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| Broader (hypernym) | shell bean |
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| Part meronym | butter bean, butter-bean plant, lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus, sieva bean |
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