We found 2 definitions of shell bean from 1 different sources.
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shell bean - unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking | ||
fresh bean beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried | ||
shell bean plant, shell bean unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking | ||
lima bean broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw | ||
butterbean, civet bean, butter bean, sieva bean small flat green bean similar to lima beans | ||
fava bean, broad bean shell beans cooked as lima beans | ||
shell bean - a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod | ||
shell bean plant | ||
bean plant, bean any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food | ||
shell bean unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking | ||
lima bean plant, phaseolus limensis, lima bean broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw | ||
butter-bean plant, phaseolus lunatus, butter bean, sieva bean, lima bean small flat green bean similar to lima beans | ||
phaseolus acutifolius latifolius, tepary bean twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans |