phaseolus lunatus

4 definitions found

phaseolus lunatus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sieva \Sie"va\, n. (Bot.)
     A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus).
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  Lima \Li"ma\ (l[=e]"m[.a] or l[imac]"m[.a]), n.
     The capital city of Peru, in South America.
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     Lima bean. (Bot.)
     (a) A variety of climbing or pole bean (Phaseolus lunatus),
         which has very large flattish seeds.
     (b) The seed of this plant, much used for food.
  
     Lima wood (Bot.), the beautiful dark wood of the South
        American tree C[ae]salpinia echinata.
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  Bean \Bean\ (b[=e]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be['a]n; akin to D.
     boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[=o]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b["o]nne, Sw.
     b["o]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.]
     1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous
        herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and
        Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
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     Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still
           doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and
           China bean, included in Dolichos Sinensis; black
           Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, Dolichos Lablab; the
           common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and
           pole beans, all included in Phaseolus vulgaris; the
           lower bush bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus;
           Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus; Spanish bean and
           scarlet runner, Phaseolus multiflorus; Windsor bean,
           the common bean of England, Faba vulgaris.
           [1913 Webster] As an article of food beans are classed
           with vegetables.
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     2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more
        or less resembling true beans.
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     Bean aphis (Zool.), a plant louse (Aphis fab[ae]) which
        infests the bean plant.
  
     Bean fly (Zool.), a fly found on bean flowers.
  
     Bean goose (Zool.), a species of goose (Anser segetum).
        
  
     Bean weevil (Zool.), a small weevil that in the larval
        state destroys beans. The American species is Bruchus  fab[ae]
        .
  
     Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West
        Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida
        shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments.
  
     Ignatius bean, or St. Ignatius's bean (Bot.), a species
        of Strychnos.
  
     Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce;
        probably so called because an important article of food in
        the navy.
  
     Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the
        edible white bean; -- so called from its size.
  
     Sacred bean. See under Sacred.
  
     Screw bean. See under Screw.
  
     Sea bean.
        (a) Same as Florida bean.
        (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament.
  
     Tonquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of
        Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree.
  
     Vanilla bean. See under Vanilla.
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phaseolus lunatus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Phaseolus lunatus
      n 1: bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United
           States having small flat edible seeds [syn: sieva bean,
           butter bean, butter-bean plant, lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus
           ]