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/see"veuh/.See butter bean.[1885-90, Amer.; perh. alter. of seewee or sewee bean, prob. after the Sewee, an extinct American Indian tribe of E South Carolina]
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sieva bean
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sieva bean — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1888 a bean plant (Phaseolus lunatus) of tropical America that is closely related to and sometimes classified with the lima bean; also its flat edible seed … New Collegiate Dictionary
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shell bean plant — noun a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod • Syn: ↑shell bean • Hypernyms: ↑bean, ↑bean plant • Hyponyms: ↑lima bean, ↑lima bean plant, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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