- shell bean, shell bean plant - a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
--1 is a kind of bean, bean plant
--1 has parts: shell bean
--1 has particulars: - shell bean - unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking
--2 is a kind of fresh bean
--2 is a part of shell bean, shell bean plant
--2 has particulars:lima bean; sieva bean, butter bean, butterbean, civet bean; fava bean, broad bean; green soybean