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lima bean

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 222 words | Copyright

li·ma bean / ˈlīmə/ • n. 1. an edible flat whitish bean. See also butter bean. 2. the tropical American plant (Phaseolus lunatus, or P. limensis) that yields this bean.

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