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lima bean /ˈliːmə biːn / /ˈlʌɪmə biːn /noun1An edible flat whitish bean. See also butter bean.Finish seeding bush snap beans, lima beans, sweet corn, winter and summer squash by early May to avoid heat damage....- 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.
2The tropical American plant which yields lima beans.- Phaseolus lunatus (or limensis), family Leguminosae.
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)....- 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).
OriginMid 18th century: lima from the name of the Peruvian capital Lima. |