the name of the capital of Peru, used attrib. in the following names of products of that locality: Lima bark, the bark of certain species of Cinchona; a kind of Peruvian bark; Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus; see also quot. 1858; Lima-wood, a kind of Brazil-wood.
1834. M. G. Lewis, Jrnl. W. Ind., 152. The Lima Bean is said to be more like a pea than a bean.
1855. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Lima Bark, common name for the Cinchona pallida, or pale Peruvian bark.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Lima-bean, the Phaseolus Limensis, an esteemed kind of pulse cultivated in the tropics; the perennial kidney-bean, P. perennis.
1864. Craig, Suppl., Lima-wood is a fine kind of Nicaragua wood, produced in South America.
1886. A. H. Church, Food Grains Ind., 155. The Lima or Duffin bean … is cultivated almost everywhere throughout India.
