Definition of Lima
Noun: lima bean plant
- Bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
- lima bean, Phaseolus limensis
- Bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
- sieva bean, butter bean, butter-bean plant, Phaseolus lunatus
- Broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw
- Capital and largest city and economic centre of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
- capital of Peru
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