lima bean
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lima bean /ˈliːmə/
▶noun
- 1 an edible flat whitish bean.
- 2 the tropical American plant which yields lima beans. [Phaseolus lunatus.]
– origin C18: from the name of the Peruvian capital Lima.
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