ALL meanings of butter bean
but·ter bean
B b - countable noun butter bean Butter beans are the yellowish flat round seeds of a kind of bean plant. They are eaten as a vegetable, and in Britain they are usually sold dried rather than fresh. 3
- noun butter bean a variety of lima bean that has large pale flat edible seeds and is grown in the southern US 3
- noun butter bean any of various light-colored beans, as a lima bean or wax bean 3
- noun butter bean a variety of small-seeded lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus, grown in the southern U.S. 1
- noun butter bean Midland and Southern U.S. any type of lima bean. 1
- noun butter bean legume 1
- noun butter bean Any of several beans, including the lima bean, sieva bean, wax bean, and civet bean. 0