Meanings
lima bean1
plural lima beans · alternative Lima bean
- Any of species Phaseolus lunatus of bean-bearing plants.
We hoed the lima bean rows last night.
Synonyms: lima, butter bean, chad bean, double bean, Madagascar bean, sieva bean, wax bean
- Fruit of this plant.
We had lima beans with dinner last night.
Synonyms: lima, butter bean, chad bean, double bean, Madagascar bean, sieva bean, wax bean
Lima bean2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of species Phaseolus lunatus of bean-bearing plants.
nounFruit of this plant.
More synonyms by meaning
nounbush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
nounbush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after the city of Lima, from which they were exported.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan garrofó
- garrofóbutter bean
Chinese Mandarin 棉豆
- 棉豆 (miándòu)butter bean
Dutch limaboon
- limaboonbutter bean
Esperanto limofazeolo
- limofazeolobutter bean
Finnish limanpapu, voipapu
- limanpapubutter bean
- voipapubutter bean
French haricot de Lima
- haricot de Limabutter bean
German Limabohne
- Limabohnebutter bean
Indonesian kacang kratok
- kacang kratokbutter bean
Irish pónaire mhór
- pónaire mhórbutter bean
Italian fagiolo di Lima
- fagiolo di Limabutter bean
Japanese ライマメ
- ライマメ (raimame)butter bean
Polish fasola limeńska, fasola półksiężycowata
- fasola limeńskabutter bean
- fasola półksiężycowatabutter bean
Spanish pallar
- pallarbutter bean
Tagalog patani
- patanibutter bean
Turkish Lima fasulyesi
- Lima fasulyesibutter bean
Vietnamese đậu ngự, đậu Lima
- đậu ngựbutter bean
- đậu Limabutter bean
Cite this entry
lima bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lima%20bean
“lima bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lima%20bean. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lima bean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lima%20bean.
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