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lima bean

noun
🔊/ˈliːmə biːn/, 🔊/ˈlaɪmə biːn/
🔊/ˈlaɪmə biːn/
(North American English)
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  1. a type of round, pale green bean. Several lima beans grow together inside a flat pod.利马豆
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: lima from the name of the Peruvian capital Lima.