shell bean

1. A bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod (synset 112578500)
   is a type of: bean, bean plant - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
   subtypes:

   • lima bean, lima bean plant, phaseolus limensis - bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
   • butter bean, butter-bean plant, 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, broad-bean plant, english bean, european bean, field bean, vicia faba - Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
   has: shell bean - unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking
   same as: shell bean plant
2. Unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking (synset 107744780)
   is a type of: fresh bean - beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried
   subtypes:

   • 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
   is a part of: shell bean, shell bean plant - a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod

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