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shell bean

shell bean noun: a bean plant grown for its edible seeds, which are removed from the pod before cooking.

Noun

shell bean (plural shell beans)

  1. A bean plant grown for its edible seeds, which are removed from the pod before cooking.
  2. The edible seed itself.

Forms of shell bean

pluralshell beans

Questions about shell bean

What does shell bean mean?
Shell bean means a bean plant grown for its edible seeds, which are removed from the pod before cooking.
What part of speech is shell bean?
Shell bean is a noun.
What is the plural of shell bean?
The plural of shell bean is shell beans.

Words near shell bean in the dictionary

  1. Sheliak
  2. Shelikof Strait
  3. Sheline
  4. Shelines
  5. shell
  6. shell bean
  7. shell beans
  8. shell bed
  9. shell casing
  10. shell casings
  11. shell companies

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