Fordhooks
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9.9
Large flat lima beans often eaten as a vegetable
- noun
- US
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Fordhooks
- I prefer the taste of Fordhooks to other types of lima beans.
Examples
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The soup was made with fresh Fordhooks and garden herbs.
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We planted Fordhooks in our vegetable garden this spring.
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I love Fordhooks!
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Have you ever tried Fordhooks in a salad?
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I prefer the taste of Fordhooks to other types of lima beans.
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The soup was made with fresh Fordhooks and garden herbs.
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We planted Fordhooks in our vegetable garden this spring.
Synonyms
9.1
A plant that produces large flat seeds called Lima beans
is a specific cultivated variety within that species used as a vegetable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fordhooks is the name of a lima bean variety that was probably named after a place or farm. A helpful way to remember it is to think of ford ('a shallow river crossing') and hook ('a bend' or 'small curved thing'), which makes Fordhooks easy to recall as a particular kind of large, flat lima bean.