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Noun shell bean has 2 senses
  1. 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:
     lima bean, lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis; sieva bean, butter bean, butter-bean plant, lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus; tepary bean, Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius; broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia faba
  2. 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
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