WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
shell′ bean′, 
    1. Plant Biologyany of various kinds of bean of which the unripe seeds are removed from the pods before cooking.
    2. Plant Biologythe seed itself.
    • 1865–70, American.

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