| 释义 |
sieva|ˈsiːvə|
[Origin unknown.]
A kidney bean belonging to an American variety of Phaseolus lunatus, or its edible seed.
1888G. D. Merrill Hist. Coös County v. 42 The Indians had..a kind of bean called now ‘seiva [sic] bean’. 1949Nat. Geogr. Mag. Aug. 159/1 The lima beans grown by the various Indian tribes..varied from the present small types used by the Hopi Indians in the Southwest to the Sieva type found in the East. 1972Y. Lovelock Veg. Bk. i. 55 The scimitar-podded kidney bean.., also known as Hibbert, sieva or sugar bean, grows wild in tropical America and is also cultivated. |