1. a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod; [syn: shell bean, shell bean plant]
2. unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shell bean
n 1: a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather
than its pod [syn: shell bean, shell bean plant]
2: unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking