SIEVA BEAN Definition & Meaning

sieva bean

[ see-vuh ]

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noun

butter bean.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; perhaps alteration of seewee or sewee “bean,” probably after the Sewee, an extinct American Indian tribe that lived on the South Carolina coast

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Though several days earlier than the Lima, the Sieva Bean requires the whole season for its complete maturity; and even when planted early, and receiving the advantage of a warm summer and a favorable autumn, it is seldom fully perfected in the Northern States: for, though much of the crop may ripen, a large portion almost invariably is prematurely destroyed by frost.

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