| English noun: shell bean | 
| 1. | shell bean (plant) a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod | 
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 | Synonyms | shell bean plant | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | bean, bean plant | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, butter bean, butter-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, lima bean, lima bean, lima bean plant, Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius, Phaseolus limensis, Phaseolus lunatus, sieva bean, tepary bean, Vicia faba | 
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 | Part holonym | shell bean | 
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| 2. | shell bean (food) unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | fresh bean | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | broad bean, butter bean, butterbean, civet bean, fava bean, green soybean, lima bean, sieva bean | 
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 | Part meronym | shell bean, shell bean plant | 
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