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butter beans

butter beans is the plural of butter bean.

Meaning of butter bean

Noun

butter bean (plural butter beans)

  1. A lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), especially when yellow or yellowish-white in colour.
  2. A wax bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
  3. A yellow wax bean.

Questions about butter beans

What is butter beans the plural of?
Butter beans is the plural of butter bean.

Words near butter beans in the dictionary

  1. Butten
  2. butter
  3. butter bar
  4. butter bars
  5. butter bean
  6. butter beans
  7. butter board
  8. butter boards
  9. butter boat
  10. butter boats
  11. butter bomb

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