shell bean

Noun shell bean has 2 senses

• shell bean(n = noun.plant) shell bean plant - a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod;
has parts: shell bean
is a kind of bean, bean plant
has particulars: lima bean, lima bean plant, phaseolus limensis, butter-bean plant, butter bean, lima bean, phaseolus lunatus, sieva bean, phaseolus acutifolius latifolius, tepary bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, broad bean, english bean, european bean, field bean, vicia faba

• shell bean(n = noun.food) - unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking;
is a kind of fresh bean
has particulars: lima bean, butter bean, butterbean, civet bean, sieva bean, broad bean, fava bean, green soybean
is a part of shell bean, shell bean plant