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In North Carolina, Lima beans picked up the nickname "butter bean" for their softer, more buttery texture compared to other beans. And the name stuck. And the name stuck.
The term "butter bean" is widely used in North and South Carolina for a large, flat and yellow/white variety of lima bean (P. lunatus var. macrocarpus, or P. limensis [11]). In the United States, Sieva-type beans are traditionally called butter beans, also otherwise known as the Dixie or Henderson type.
Phaseolus coccineus, known as runner bean, [2] scarlet runner bean, [2] or multiflora bean, [2] is a plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. Another common name is butter bean, [3] [4] [5] which, however, can also refer to the lima bean, a different species. It is grown both as a food plant and an ornamental plant.
Butter beans — butter beans are used to make the soup bean dish called butter beans. These dried limas are cooked with smoked pork and/or ham until the sauce starts to thicken, hence the name "butter" beans. Like white beans, butter beans represented prosperity and were often prized dishes when served. Butter beans only refers to dried limas.
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Lima bean Phaseolus lunatus, an edible legume Runner bean Phaseolus coccineus , grown both as an edible bean and as an ornamental plant Lablab known as butter bean in the Caribbean
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Beans, Beans, The Musical Fruit" (alternately "Beans, Beans, good for your heart") is a playground saying and children's song about how beans cause flatulence (i.e. farting). [1] The basis of the song (and bean/fart humor in general) is the high amount of oligosaccharides present in beans.