SHELL BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shell bean mean? 

• SHELL BEAN (noun)
  The noun SHELL BEAN has 2 senses:

1. a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod

2. unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking

  Familiarity information: SHELL BEAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHELL BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

shell bean; shell bean plant

Hypernyms ("shell bean" is a kind of...):

bean; bean plant (any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods)

Meronyms (parts of "shell bean"):

shell bean (unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shell bean"):

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

butter-bean plant; butter bean; lima bean; Phaseolus lunatus; sieva bean (bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds)

Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius; tepary bean (twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans)

broad-bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; English bean; European bean; field bean; Vicia faba (Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("shell bean" is a kind of...):

fresh bean (beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shell bean"):

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

butter bean; butterbean; civet bean; sieva bean (small flat green bean similar to lima beans)

broad bean; fava bean (shell beans cooked as lima beans)

green soybean (seeds shelled and cooked as lima beans)

Holonyms ("shell bean" is a part of...):

shell bean; shell bean plant (a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod)