common bean food product shell bean 2019-03-20T06:12:16Z Damion Dooley Shell, shelled, or shelling beans are beans removed from their pods before being cooked or dried. Common beans can be used as shell beans, but the term also refers to other species of beans whose pods are not typically eaten, such as lima beans, soybeans, peas, and fava beans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaseolus_vulgaris shelled bean shellie bean shellies shelly bean ready for release