butter bean
noun
Note: The name butter bean is used chiefly for either a small white or pale green lima bean or a large white to tannish lima bean.
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Examples of butter bean in a Sentence
Andrea Weigl, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Chicken Bog used to be a traditional meal in fish camps, cooked on the riverbanks in big black iron pots and served with butter beans and other local vegetables.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2022
Diners eat the snack with the chef’s rustic, housemade bread with the texture of a biscuit, which is also an escort for the silky butter bean spread, shot through with lemon and garlic and sprinkled with paprika.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
This Thoroughbred horse farm combines bourbon tastings from distilleries around the state with hyperlocal food (cast-iron corn bread with sorghum brown butter; whole trout with butter beans), all in a single agritourism package.
—Emily Bingham, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
Creamy butter beans are tossed with sweet grape tomatoes and a quick vinaigrette for an easy, satisfying salad that's ideal for a potluck side or leftovers the next day.
—Joy Cho, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
Beef short ribs, called galbi in Korean, are taken on a trip through the southern United States with sides of butter bean grits and carrots glazed with sorghum.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
From hunting deer, wild boar and squirrels to cultivating rice, watermelon, sweet potatoes, red peas, okra, peanuts and butter beans, the Gullah Geechee know how to thrive on land that others have found punishing.
—Sara Novak, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2023
Lime and mint give creamy butter beans or baby lima beans a refreshing tang in this wholesome side dish.
—ExpressNews.com, 27 Nov. 2019
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Word History
1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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