Butter bean

/bˈʌtə bˈiːn/

/bˈʌɾɚ bˈiːn/

Butter bean

small flat green bean similar to lima beans

synonyms : butterbean

bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds

Examples

1. Those butter beans are good.

2. [LAUGHS] this is the can of butter beans.

3. These are butter beans, and they're a little bit smaller, but these will also work.

4. We've got some butter beans here, some olive oil, some plain flour and we've got some white wine as well.