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单词 lima bean
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Definition of lima bean in English:

lima bean

nounˈlʌɪmə biːnˈliːmə biːnˈlimə ˌbin
  • 1An edible flat whitish bean.

    See also butter bean
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She had tiny hands and fingers good for reaching into tight places to pick lima beans.
    • Then add cauliflower, lima beans, zucchini and yellow squash.
    • Boiled fresh, they make a good vegetable, like lima beans in flavour.
    • I have suggested flageolet or lima beans here as they survive the canning process rather better than some.
    • The bar handed out lima beans (poor man's shrimp) and sardines to complement our beer.
    • The taste of fresh favas stewed or simmered is somewhere between that of peas and lima beans.
    • Soon we'll have baby carrots and lima beans to eat with our basil, rosemary, cilantro and parsley.
    • I'm not a fan of lima beans, but these had a subtle goodness instead of the overpowering flavor of usual lima beans, and no crumbly texture.
    • That aside, Sarah was quite happy eating nuked veggies except for lima beans which she would leave in a neat little pile or a neat little line on her high chair tray.
    • So yeah, lima beans may be the bane of youths world wide.
    • Our culinary forebears hired starchy German ladies to feed their children, and tended to regard a pot of boiled lima beans as a gourmet event.
    • Cut back and focus on getting more of your protein from vegetables like chickpeas and lima beans.
    • Finish seeding bush snap beans, lima beans, sweet corn, winter and summer squash by early May to avoid heat damage.
    • His hair was pointing in ten different directions, and he had a lima bean stuck to his bulgy cheek.
    • Taken orally or as an injection, laetrile is a purified form of amygdalin, a chemical found in lima beans, raw nuts and the pits of many fruits.
    • I'll never force you to eat lima beans, Leta, not like Grandma.
    • It's those comments or drop in's that throw you off course and make you push away your third plate of lima beans.
    • Noontime dinners and evening suppers often include beef or chicken dishes, and vegetables in season from the family garden, such as peas, corn, green beans, lima beans, and carrots.
    • It wouldn't be so bad if saturated and trans fats were found only in beets, lima beans, sheep's milk and haggis.
    • According to the hypothesis, predators that have been reared on lima bean and have left the prey patch during a short time respond to a general ‘image’ of the odor.
    1. 1.1 The tropical American plant that yields lima beans.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sow southern peas when the soil is thoroughly warm, about the time that lima beans can be planted (or two weeks after the first corn goes in).
      • Big-eyed bug survival was higher, and emigration was lower, when lima bean plants had pods than when they did not.
      • Individual big-eyed bugs consumed fewer prey when bean plants had pods, and aphid populations were larger when caged with big-eyed bugs on lima bean plants with pods than on pod-free plants.
      • The dispersal of adult big-eyed bugs from lima bean plants with pods was significantly lower than the dispersal of big-eyed bugs from plants without pods.
      • To test this hypothesis, we established 20 X 30 m field plots of lima beans with many pods and with few pods.
      • We caged either 100 or 200 pea aphids on a single lima bean plant with or without pods, with or without a single big-eyed bug, and with or without 20 corn earworm eggs.
      • Uninfested lima bean plants were cut and placed with the stem in water in a vial for 3 days in a climate room (23 1°C, 50-70% relative humdity, and 16 h: 8 h light: dark).
      • These beans thrive in cool weather and should be planted earlier than snap, soy or lima beans.

Origin

Mid 18th century: lima from the name of the Peruvian capital Lima.

 
 

Definition of lima bean in US English:

lima bean

nounˈlēmə ˌbēnˈlimə ˌbin
  • 1An edible flat whitish bean.

    See also butter bean
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That aside, Sarah was quite happy eating nuked veggies except for lima beans which she would leave in a neat little pile or a neat little line on her high chair tray.
    • Finish seeding bush snap beans, lima beans, sweet corn, winter and summer squash by early May to avoid heat damage.
    • I have suggested flageolet or lima beans here as they survive the canning process rather better than some.
    • I'm not a fan of lima beans, but these had a subtle goodness instead of the overpowering flavor of usual lima beans, and no crumbly texture.
    • His hair was pointing in ten different directions, and he had a lima bean stuck to his bulgy cheek.
    • I'll never force you to eat lima beans, Leta, not like Grandma.
    • Our culinary forebears hired starchy German ladies to feed their children, and tended to regard a pot of boiled lima beans as a gourmet event.
    • She had tiny hands and fingers good for reaching into tight places to pick lima beans.
    • Taken orally or as an injection, laetrile is a purified form of amygdalin, a chemical found in lima beans, raw nuts and the pits of many fruits.
    • According to the hypothesis, predators that have been reared on lima bean and have left the prey patch during a short time respond to a general ‘image’ of the odor.
    • Boiled fresh, they make a good vegetable, like lima beans in flavour.
    • The taste of fresh favas stewed or simmered is somewhere between that of peas and lima beans.
    • Cut back and focus on getting more of your protein from vegetables like chickpeas and lima beans.
    • Noontime dinners and evening suppers often include beef or chicken dishes, and vegetables in season from the family garden, such as peas, corn, green beans, lima beans, and carrots.
    • The bar handed out lima beans (poor man's shrimp) and sardines to complement our beer.
    • So yeah, lima beans may be the bane of youths world wide.
    • It wouldn't be so bad if saturated and trans fats were found only in beets, lima beans, sheep's milk and haggis.
    • It's those comments or drop in's that throw you off course and make you push away your third plate of lima beans.
    • Soon we'll have baby carrots and lima beans to eat with our basil, rosemary, cilantro and parsley.
    • Then add cauliflower, lima beans, zucchini and yellow squash.
    1. 1.1 The tropical American plant that yields lima beans.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We caged either 100 or 200 pea aphids on a single lima bean plant with or without pods, with or without a single big-eyed bug, and with or without 20 corn earworm eggs.
      • To test this hypothesis, we established 20 X 30 m field plots of lima beans with many pods and with few pods.
      • Uninfested lima bean plants were cut and placed with the stem in water in a vial for 3 days in a climate room (23 1°C, 50-70% relative humdity, and 16 h: 8 h light: dark).
      • Individual big-eyed bugs consumed fewer prey when bean plants had pods, and aphid populations were larger when caged with big-eyed bugs on lima bean plants with pods than on pod-free plants.
      • The dispersal of adult big-eyed bugs from lima bean plants with pods was significantly lower than the dispersal of big-eyed bugs from plants without pods.
      • Sow southern peas when the soil is thoroughly warm, about the time that lima beans can be planted (or two weeks after the first corn goes in).
      • Big-eyed bug survival was higher, and emigration was lower, when lima bean plants had pods than when they did not.
      • These beans thrive in cool weather and should be planted earlier than snap, soy or lima beans.

Origin

Mid 18th century: lima from the name of the Peruvian capital Lima.

 
 
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