shell bean plant | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun shell bean plant has 1 sense

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