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Definition of Butterbean
1. Noun. Small flat green bean similar to lima beans.
Generic synonyms: Shell Bean
Group relationships: Butter Bean, Butter-bean Plant, Lima Bean, Phaseolus Lunatus, Sieva Bean
Definition of Butterbean
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of butter bean) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Butterbean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Muhammad Ali & Company by Thomas Hauser (1998)
"Is butterbean even a good fighter when judged by professional standards? ...
"butterbean" Comes To Madison Square Garden Boxing returned to Madison Square ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"In experiment XI the kidney is atrophied to the size of a butterbean. This is
the only one of the entire series in which atrophy occurred, ..."
3. The Picayune Creole Cook Book (1922)
"butterbeans and Lima Beans appear in the market, and are in great demand, especially
the butterbean« The market stands: butterbeans Snap Beans, Green Peas. ..."
4. The Home Vegetable Garden by Adolph Kruhm (1914)
"The earliest and best pole Lima for the home garden is the small but very prolific
Sieva Lima—the butterbean of the South. Henderson's Leviathan is a heavy ..."
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