Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
lima bean
noun · first attested 19th century
The bean is named for the Peruvian capital.
A flat, pale edible bean.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Lima
- In English
lima bean
Boxes of the beans shipped from Lima were labelled with the port, and the name followed the cargo into English.
Also pinned to Lima
1 more from the same place
Peru
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