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sieva bean

sieva bean

6.9
A small flat green bean or the plant that grows it eaten as food
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : frijol sieva
  • The farmers grew both lima beans and sieva beans in their fields.

Examples

  • She added some sieva beans to the vegetable stew for extra flavor.

  • You can find sieva beans in specialty grocery stores during the summer months.

  • The sieva bean is rich in protein.

  • I bought some sieva beans at the market.

  • She added some sieva beans to the vegetable stew for extra flavor.

  • The farmers grew both lima beans and sieva beans in their fields.

  • You can find sieva beans in specialty grocery stores during the summer months.

Synonyms

bean
vssieva bean
512 1.0

An edible seed or pod from plants like peas and lentils used for food

is a specific small flat green variety rather than any legume seed
lima bean
vssieva bean
9 2.5

A flat pale green or white bean that people cook and eat

is a small green variety similar to that plant
lima
vssieva bean
9 2.6

A flat pale green or white bean often used in cooking

is a smaller green type resembling that common cooking bean
butterbean
vssieva bean
1 2.6

A small flat bean with a mild taste used as a vegetable

is a small green type similar in shape and mild taste
butter bean
vssieva bean
  • US
1 2.0

A plant that makes large flat beans people cook and eat

is a small green variety resembling that regionally grown plant
Phaseolus limensis
vssieva bean
  • Specialized
9.1

A plant that produces large flat seeds called Lima beans

is a small green bean similar to that species
Phaseolus lunatus
vssieva bean
  • Specialized
7.6

A bush plant that grows small flat edible lima beans

is a small green variety resembling that cultivated species
lima bean plant
vssieva bean
2.8

A plant that grows pods with large flat beans people eat

is a specific small green type rather than the general plant
butter-bean plant
vssieva bean
  • US
4.5

A bush that grows small flat beans you can eat, often served as a vegetable

is a specific small green type similar to that cultivated bush plant
civet bean
vssieva bean
9.3

A small flat green bean like a lima bean used for food

is a small green bean like that one but described differently
edible bean
vssieva bean
1.0

A seed from plants like peas or lentils that you can eat

is a particular small flat green edible type rather than any seed

Surface Forms

sieva bean singular
sieva beans plural
sieve beans plural
sieve bean singular

Morphology

sieva + bean

The compound follows a common English pattern X + bean where the first element names a variety, so a learner who knows 'bean' would infer this is a type of bean. However 'sieva' has no transparent lexical meaning here (not found in the dictionary), so the specific properties (small, flat, green) are not predictable from the parts. Because the basic category (a kind of bean) is clear but the detailed sense is not, the expression is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Sieva bean may come from the word sieve, because farmers used a sieve to shake and sort the small flat beans after harvest and the tool's name stuck to the crop. That's why sieva bean today means 'a small, flat green bean' grown for its edible seeds.