butter bean

Or butter·bean

noun

1. a variety of small-seeded lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus, grown in the southern U.S.

2. Midland and Southern U.S.,  any type of lima bean.

butter bean

noun

1. a variety of lima bean that has large pale flat edible seeds and is grown in the southern US

Word History and Origins

Origin of butter bean¹

First recorded in 1810–20