lima bean plant meaning

Noun: lima bean plant

1. Bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
   - lima bean, Phaseolus limensis

Derived forms: lima bean plants

Type of: shell bean, shell bean plant

Part of: genus Phaseolus, Phaseolus

Examples

1. And a lima bean plant 19 inches high was found to have a network of roots 5 feet deep and 6 feet wide.
2. Lima bean plants, for example, deter impending attacks by spider mites by emitting a chemical that wards off the mites while at the same time attracting the mites'natural predators.