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butterbean

butterbean is the alternative form 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.

Forms of butterbean

pluralbutterbeans

Questions about butterbean

What is butterbean the alternative form of?
Butterbean is the alternative form of butter bean.

Words near butterbean in the dictionary

  1. butteraceous
  2. butterball
  3. butterballs
  4. butterbar
  5. butterbars
  6. butterbean
  7. butterbeans
  8. butterbird
  9. butterbirds
  10. butterboat
  11. butterboats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: butterbean (page history and authors); butter bean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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