Shell Bean (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking.

Classification

Nouns denoting foods and drinks.

Examples

• She sorted the vegetables, carefully setting the shell beans aside for the soup recipe.
• His grandmother would spend hours every summer preparing shell beans for the winter meals.
• In the produce market, he searched for the perfect bunch of shell beans for the special dish.
• She used fresh shell beans and chopped them up finely for the Italian-inspired salad.
• Before freezing, be sure to blanch the shell beans for three minutes to inactivate the enzymes.

Hyponyms

• Butterbean
• Broad Bean
• Butter Bean
• Civet Bean

Meaning ²

A bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

• The gardener carefully harvested the shell beans when they were fully mature and dry.
• Shell beans are often used in traditional Italian and Portuguese recipes.
• The farmer planted a variety of shell beans that were resistant to common diseases.
• Shell beans can be stored for long periods of time if kept in a cool, dry place.
• The recipe called for cannellini shell beans, which added a creamy texture to the soup.

Synonyms

• Shell Bean Plant

Hypernyms

• Bean Plant

Hyponyms

• Phaseolus Lunatus
• Butter-bean Plant
• Lima Bean Plant
• English Bean
• Butter Bean
• Lima Bean
• Phaseolus Acutifolius Latifolius
• Broad-bean Plant
• Field Bean
• Broad-bean
• Vicia Faba
• Phaseolus Limensis
• European Bean